From SiliconANGLE · Victoria Gayton · · 1m
Locaweb adjusts data center capacity planning as demand grows
Locaweb partners with Dell to solve data center supply chain challenges as demand rises.
In brief
Locaweb partners with Dell to solve data center supply chain challenges as demand rises. Locaweb and Dell collaborate to address hardware shortages and meet growing customer demand for cloud services. Originally reported by SiliconANGLE.
Demand pressures data center strategy
Growing demand and hardware shortages force service providers to rethink data center capacity planning.
“I think that [growing demand] brings the infrastructure challenge again to the board”
Locaweb's infrastructure challenges
Locaweb Serviços de Internet S/A, a cloud hosting provider based in Brasil, must anticipate infrastructure needs earlier.
Partner collaboration with Dell
Locaweb works closely with Dell Technologies Inc. to assess alternative hardware configurations and manage supply challenges.
“We anticipate … more than we’ve done before”
Memory and supply chain concerns
Memory availability, costs and delivery schedules shape Locaweb's infrastructure planning decisions.
“Sometimes we are re-engineering our [infrastructure] needs [to] solve the problem of the time and the length of the time of the delivery”
AI integration challenges
Locaweb develops AI tools for nontechnical users to build operational solutions without compromising performance.
“It’s not an IT transformation; it’s a business transformation leveraging IT”
Infrastructure decisions impact business
Dell focuses on understanding business objectives to support enterprise AI implementation.
“IT is the enabler because what AI is doing is amplifying the possibilities”
What to remember
Locaweb and Dell collaborate to address hardware shortages and meet growing customer demand for cloud services.
