2010 marks the end of the first decade of the millennium. The data center industry continues to grow and change. Digital Realty Trust is interested in seeing your predictions regarding what the next decade will bring for the data center industry. Tell us what you think below in the comments section and compare notes with Mike Manos as he provides his own thoughts in his latest video.

A complete Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis for any data centre build is imperative, particularly when considering a Turn-Key versus Build-to-Suit or “Do-It-Yourself” (DIY) option. Calculating the TCO is a difficult task considering the number of components that go into any data centre build, understanding your internal cost metrics and how financial decisions are made within your executive team, and long depreciation cycles, among others.

So in this recording of Jim Smith, CTO for Digital Realty Trust presenting at the Gartner Datacentre Summit 2009 in London, we highlight the list of items to include in your TCO analysis of in sourcing versus outsourcing your next data centre build.

Normally developing anything to meet a “worst case scenario” makes perfect sense. With data centers this may not always be the case. In this video Michael Manos, Digital Realty Trust’s Senior Vice President of Technical Services, discusses why you may not always want to design to your most restrictive scenario.