Smart cities need strong data center infrastructure to succeed
According to the United Nations, 68% of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050. More than half of India’s population is migrating to urban areas. With the Prime Minister launching the Smart City mission, India has taken a step towards embracing data-driven governance. Smart cities will deploy next-generation technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT) for various applications, and create a large amount of data while communicating with each other to improve the efficiency of various functions. This will require more bandwidth and faster connections to realize functions, but the growth rate of residents migrating to cities has exacerbated this challenge. In order to build a real smart city, it is necessary to improve the data storage infrastructure, seamless connection and big data capabilities to make the concept of smart city successful.
Smart cities can be one of two types – greenfield. One type needs to build smart digital cities from scratch, and the other type is brownfield, which is an existing city that needs technical support for infrastructure transformation of health, transportation, security, energy distribution and other facilities. Advanced technology needs to be effectively integrated to ensure smooth operation and uninterrupted connection. The 3/4 line data center will be the main catalyst for the emergence of smart cities, because it needs a lot of data storage and processing capacity to meet the needs of these cities.
According to the 2017-18 Indian Economic Survey, India will need $4.5 trillion in infrastructure investment by 2040. Smart cities will embed connected sensors, Internet of Things devices and other next-generation hardware in the infrastructure. Therefore, they must have the necessary data processing capabilities to make the information useful. Edge data centers can solve many challenges and provide what these cities need to operate effectively. These data centers will enable technology to work effectively and help increase data storage and faster processing.
