The latest Q5 interview is now online with the leader of communications solutions at Nortel Europe.Simon Wilson talks to Electronics Weekly about power hungry data centres, energy-efficiency in network and data centre design, and other industry trends.
The five questions this week are:
1. How power hungry are data centres?
2. Can you give an idea of the scale of the issue? How many data centres are in Europe for example?
3. Is the drive towards more energy-efficiency in the network being held back by the associated costs?
4. What techniques can be used to address energy-efficient design?
5. Do you identify any other trends in the drive to greater energy-efficiency?
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4. What techniques can be used to address energy-efficient design?
5. Do you identify any other trends in the drive to greater energy-efficiency?
Read the full interview >>
See also: Q5 - Interviews with electronics industry leaders
Read all the Electronics Weekly Q5 interviews. From ARM's chairman, Sir Robin Saxby, to touchscreen technology firm Zytronic's MD, Mark Cambridge, the business leaders share their particular insights on the UK electronics industry.
