Technology Magazine September 2024 | Page 296

COMPASS DATACENTERS

“ We hope that the communities we enter understand that data centres are the backbone of the digital , and global , economy ”

ADIL ATTLASSY CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER , COMPASS DATACENTERS capacity quickly , without unwanted pressure on capital expenditure .
“ From the modular perspective , we ’ re ready to meet the challenges related to rapid growth across the industry . If you look at what ’ s happened in the market , especially with AI , we ’ ve gone from standard computer racks that are eight kilowatts per rack , to 40 + kW for NVIDIA ’ s Hopper Chipsets which will soon be followed soon by NVIDIA ’ s Blackwell chipset at 130 + kW per rack in just a year .”
He adds : “ It ’ s going to be tough to keep up with this rapid pace but that is where we accelerate , by enabling the customer specific chipsets and eliminating some
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