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African Data CentersIn the Cloud

and at the Edge

Not too long ago, our industry believed all computing would eventually centralize to the cloud

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May 15, 2015 March 15, 2016


Recent industry moves showing a pendulum shift back, creating a decentralized, hybrid computing ecosystem


30B connected objects

4B connected people

50T GB of data and

9 Zettabytes of IP traffic

3% of world power consumption by data centers

The world in 2020…

Sources: Gartner, IDC, Uptime Institute, Cisco

…it is undergoing profound transformation to support the enormous data volumes and processing demands that arebeing generated by the Internet of Things (IoT).

And Africa will not bethe last one….

By 2020, the world will be a different place…


World Population Growth – From 2008 to 2050


Global Median Age


Smartphone subscriptions 2014-2020

The Stunning Speed of Urban Development


30B connected objects

4B connected people

50T GB of data and

9 Zettabytes of IP traffic

3% of world power consumption by data centers

The world in 2020…

Sources: Gartner, IDC, Uptime Institute, Cisco

…it is undergoing profound transformation to support the enormous data volumes and processing demands that arebeing generated by the Internet of Things (IoT).

And Africa will not bethe last one….

By 2020, the world will be a different place…

• Speed

• Scale

• Cost


Why is there a massive move to the cloud?

…the main building block of clouds are centralized hyperscale data centers…

The typical cloud network architecture has shortfalls: latency, bandwidth, regulations


ApplicationsDatabases Services

Latency,Bandwidth,Regulations

Social and internet sources

Industrial Internet of Things

Internet of Things


Edge solutions address these issues by putting applications and services closer to users and “things”

CloudApplications | Databases |

Services

Edge data centerApplications

Service


Service


ServiceSocial and internet sources

Industrial Internet of Things

Internet of Things

Connected Products

Edge Control

Apps, Analytics & Services

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Plan

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What am I going toimprove/build?

Who willmanage myconstruction?

How do Ioperate at optimumlevels?What are

my best options?

Where am I now?

Data CenterLife CycleServices

Predictive Analytics and Maintenance Life cycle services Supply, Demand, SustainabilityColocation

Cloud Portal

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Data Center Operation & Monitoring

SmartStruxure PowerStruxure

Smart panelMeters iON(PM8000)

Data Center


EcoStruxure Platform


The Internet of Things and analytics will enable a more effective way to manage and maintain these data centers

Smart connected “Things” at the edge

Traditional data collection

Monitoring & analytics in the cloud


Centralized cloud data centers (Public or Private)

Leveraging IoT-enabled data center management

Augmented with localized ‘edge’ data centers

The future is moving to a cloud architecture of centralized, regional, and localized edge data centers

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Customer Challenge• High availability of systems (Tier IV)• High security of equipments • PUE less than 1,7• Optimize operating costs• Deploy number of racks as needed • Possibility to increase power density • Reduce energy consumption

The Solution• Improved architecture. Reliable Power distribution• Scalable Power and cooling• High efficiency UPS• Variable speed drive chillers• Optimized layout racks• Centralized monitoring solution

Customer Benefits • Additional bandwidth for customers demands • Increased operational efficiency• Decreased energy & operating costs• Reduced TCO

The Results: Life is On with...Potential PUE of 1.7

Grand Bassam, IVORY COASTA 1,300 m2 & 1,6 MW world-class data center offering IT infrastructure management & networking services To evolve to 2,500 m2 & 3,2 MW

High professionalism of the team work composed of the System Integrator CFAO

technologies & Schneider Electric Solutions

Fatou Dieng,CEO, GOS, Côte d’Ivoire

Merci

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