5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction
An aerial view of Google s Tennessee data center under construction (Photo: Aerial Innovations for Google).
Blake Weaver, Data Center Specialist, ProLift Rigging
It is overwhelmingly evident that the pandemic has redefined the way many businesses operate. The seismic shift to video conferencing, cloud collaboration, streaming, etc. has sparked unprecedented growth in demand for data center capacity. According to a recent Data Center Frontier article, Buddy Rizer, who serves as the Executive Director of Economic Development for Loudoun County, Va. (a.k.a. Data Center Alley), stated, “This year [2020] has been crazy. We’ve had 26 fast-track (data center construction) projects since March. Normally, we’ll have 15 in an entire year, so that’s more than twice as many projects than ever before”. No doubt this is encouraging for all involved in the data center space; but this do