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Four fundamentals

The fiercely contested AI services market isn’t just about competing models, numbers of paying users or even raw performance. It’s also about the battle for four essential resources that can quickly become bottlenecks if poorly planned.

01

Land

  • Sufficient space and scalability
  • Disaster-proof sites
  • Local zoning and regulations

02

Power

  • Grid capacity and stability
  • Backup availability
  • Renewable generation

03

Cooling

  • Cooler, drier climate
  • Reliable access to water
  • Liquid-cooling hardware

04

Connectivity

  • Bandwidth capabilities
  • Preventing transmission delays
  • Terabits of data throughput

The added complexities of connectivity

It’s this fourth fundamental that’s often ignored or is left further down the list of criteria when planning new AI infrastructure, datacenter expansion or within-country and cross-border interconnections. With connectivity, there are also four critical elements that must be balanced to ensure any investment you do make is secured against future change and doesn’t rapidly become obsolete:

Proximity

to local infrastructure like major long-haul fiber routes or between datacenters

Capacity

that is resilient, built on high-density fiber-optic technology and can scale up over time

Latency

minimised through a well-organised network topology, with fewer intermediate nodes

Scalability

using modular architecture and AI solutions that automate and optimise the network

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Proximity

to local infrastructure like major long-haul fiber routes or between datacenters

Capacity

that is resilient, built on high-density fiber-optic technology and can scale up over time

Latency

minimised through a well-organised network topology, with fewer intermediate nodes

Scalability

using modular architecture and AI solutions that automate and optimise the network

Cooling

  • Cooler, drier climate
  • Reliable access to water
  • Liquid-cooling hardware

Connectivity

  • Bandwidth capabilities
  • Preventing transmission delays
  • Terabits of data throughput

Land

  • Sufficient space and scalability
  • Disaster-proof sites
  • Local zoning and regulations

Power

  • Grid capacity and stability
  • Backup availability
  • Renewable generation

Cooling

  • Cooler, drier climate
  • Reliable access to water
  • Liquid-cooling hardware

Land

  • Sufficient space and scalability
  • Disaster-proof sites
  • Local zoning and regulations

Connectivity

  • Bandwidth capabilities
  • Preventing transmission delays
  • Terabits of data throughput