7x24Exchange Keynote Reality vs Myths of Data Centers

Bill Kleyman (Switch) and Mark Seymour (Cadence) gave the close keynote at 7x24 Exchange covering a range of myths that exist which shapes people’s perceptions.

An example of the myth is this slide. What drives this type of news is it creates much more traffic than the reality.

The presentation continued on to cover the reality to contrast the myths. The data that is used to make data centers work. Be energy efficient, use less water. Sometimes the way media write about data centers it is like the data centers of 20 years ago that had little concern about cooling efficiency. PUE did not exist.

The topics covered are in this slide.

The 7x24 Exchange hit a record 992 attendees and many are still here on the last day at 8:45a in the morning because a presentation by Mark and Bill can only be absorbed by sitting at the conference.