How data centres can benefit from virtual reality technology

Virtual reality (VR) is making its way into the consumer world as well as into the manufacturing, healthcare, education, and many more sectors. However, despite data centres being the force that motors the content visualised in every headset, they still have not yet taken VR 100% into their operations.

This comes depsite the huge opportunity and potential VR could bring to data centre management - a view shared by Greg McCulloch, CEO at enterprise data centre services provider Aegis Data, who believes the data centre industry has the potential to be the biggest benefactor from the rise in VR.

He told CBR: "VR has been a growing topic in the media, and its ability to be a useful tool, particularly for the data centre itself should not be overlooked particularly when it comes to the design and build of an actual site.

"VR allows data centre operators to envision the space and floor plan of properties and the look and feel of where cabinets can be placed.

"Likewise, it can also be used to help prospective customers imagine the space that they could be buying into presenting a total immersive experience during the sale process."

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