Lenovo Explores Future Data Center Designs to Address Energy Crisis
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
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- Energy Demand Challenge: As AI workloads increase, traditional data centers face pressure on power supply chains, with Lenovo's study revealing that only 46% of IT decision-makers believe current designs support sustainability goals, forcing the industry to rethink infrastructure.
- Innovative Design Concepts: Lenovo collaborates with architects from Mamou-Mani and engineers from AKT II to create data centers that better integrate with the environment, utilizing disused tunnels or suspended structures to harness 24/7 solar energy, showcasing the potential for sustainable future data centers.
- Community Interaction Model: The new 'data village' concept allows excess heat from data centers to be used for heating local amenities like schools and homes, enhancing energy efficiency while strengthening the connection between data centers and communities.
- Long-term Outlook: Although these innovative designs are not expected to be feasible until after 2055, Lenovo's study aims to spark discussion, emphasizing the need for significant regulatory changes to support the deployment of new data centers and meet the growing energy demands of AI and data centers.
EQIX
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Analyst Views on EQIX
Wall Street analysts forecast EQIX stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for EQIX is 965.13 USD with a low forecast of 804.00 USD and a high forecast of 1218 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
17 Analyst Rating
15 Buy
2 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 758.720
Low
804.00
Averages
965.13
High
1218
Current: 758.720
Low
804.00
Averages
965.13
High
1218
About EQIX
Equinix, Inc. is a digital infrastructure company. The Company's platform, Equinix, combines a global footprint of International Business Exchange (IBX) and xScale data centers in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions, interconnection solutions, digital offerings, business and digital ecosystems and consulting and support. It offers a variety of enabling solutions that support a customer's need to implement, operate and maintain its colocated deployments. Its solutions include Equinix SmartView, Equinix Smart Hands, and Equinix Smart Build (ESB). Equinix SmartView is fully integrated monitoring software that provides customers visibility into the operating data relevant to their specific Equinix footprint. Its interconnection solutions connect businesses directly within and between its data centers across its global platform. Its interconnection solutions include Equinix Fabric, Equinix Fabric Cloud Router, Cross Connects, and others.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
