DCD>Talks - The challenge of digital infrastructure in the age of AI
Vertiv predicts that 15GW of new data centers will be built worldwide in five years' time. Huawei estimates that demand over the same period will be 100GW. How can this demand be met, given that the data center construction market is already suffering from delivery delays, taking construction cycles from 1-2 years to 3-5 years in the US? Will there be sufficient capacity in the industry to meet this challenge?