Intel announced the launch of its Xeon processor E5 to address the growing needs of data centres.

The country is witnessing a growth in data-centre build-outs as customers of banks, telcos and companies in other sectors grow. Global data centre traffic is forecasted to grow by 33 per cent annually till 2015, surpassing 4.8 zettabytes (more than a trillion gigabytes) a year, more than three times the amount in 2011, according to analysts.

At these levels, each connected user will generate more than 4 gigabytes of data traffic daily — the equivalent of a four-hour high-definition movie. This will increase the amount of data that needs to be stored by almost 50 per cent annually and in order to meet this growth, the worldwide number of cloud servers is expected to more than triple by 2015.

The Indian data center co-location and hosting market is estimated to reach $609.1 million this year, according to research group Gartner.

“The growth in cloud computing and connected devices is transforming the way businesses benefit from IT products and services,” said Mr R. Ravichandran, Business Development Director, Asia-Pacific, Intel. For businesses to capitalise on these innovations, the industry must address the demand for efficient, secure and high-performing data-centre infrastructure, he added.

>venkatesh.ganesh@thehindu.co.in

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