The criticality of the data center has expanded as the modern corporation and their critical infrastructure, IT backbone, and applications, become wholly reliant on low-latency networking and the processing of high performance computing.

When the pandemic hit, the spectrum of data center operational excellence became further complicated by headcount reductions, pauses in maintenance refreshes and the slow embrace of data center automation.

We ask our panel of experts how technology will fill the gap and how they think data centers of the future will be maintained and operated. Are we ready for innovations like AR/VR, AIOps, ML, predictive analytics, robotics, and other human-enhancing technologies?