Operational excellence
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One of Yandex ’ s data centres
Operational excellence
Like any data centre , operational excellence is at the heart of the Mäntsälä data centre and now , as the company ’ s data consumption and size swells , Kurvi says that there will undoubtedly be more data centres in the pipeline and , as the industry grows , he says tech companies have a civic responsibility to uphold the highest sustainability standards .
“ Yandex is growing fast and the demand for data centres is growing . I think we will expand the site or create a new one within the next two to three years or so ,” notes Kurvi .
“ On top of this , we ’ re also promoting operational excellence and maintaining the site so it stays in excellent shape . Of course , as any company , we are also reducing costs wherever we can electricity-wise by selling more waste energy and trying to be as energyefficient as we can ,” he continues .
“ We are managing our own IT hardware design and combining that with energy-efficient ventilation and cooling to be the top-class data centre in the world – that ’ s where our concentration is at the moment .”
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