Infographic: The True Cost of Data Center Downtime

Published by James Mulvey on January 9, 2014

Data center downtime is one of those often talked about topics in our industry. So, we figured why not share an infographic that depicts the true cost of downtime. Enjoy.

Modern communications rely heavily upon data centers to send, receive and route precious bits of information – all around the world. Furthermore, mobile phones, computers, servers and all sorts of hardware rely on the availability of Data Center infrastructure so it’s no wonder that when the lights go out bad things happen.

The outrageous costs of data center downtime infographic (pictured below) depict the impact an outage has on the end user and even our world economy. If that doesn’t have you convinced, be sure to check out the top data center outages of 2013 presented by SAP. If it makes you feel any better, most reputable Tier III data centers report over 99% up-time annually. To say the least, downtime is most definitely something that is taken seriously in our industry. Enjoy the info-graphic!

James Mulvey

As the blog director for Colocation America, James Mulvey is responsible for fielding all guest blog inquires and enjoys finding the very best content available to him at any given time. When he’s not busy writing informative blogs of his own James enjoys proofing and editing anything that may come his way. He is also responsible for Colocation America social media presence and enjoys interacting with his constituents through the company Twitter or though his personal Google +. James hails from the great Land of Lincoln where he earned a BA degree from DePaul University’s School of Communication. James relocated to Los Angeles in 2008, just in time to watch the world collapse, and has enjoyed year-round sunshine ever since. James moved to Los Angeles to become a rock star but ended up working for a tech company instead, C’ est la vie!

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