The Demand for Data Centres in the Gaming Industry
Over 25% of people worldwide are gamers, according to Kareem Choudhry, Corporate Vice President of Cloud Gaming at Microsoft. And that was before the global shutdown in 2021 caused this once-considered "niche market" to soar to a sector worth an estimated $160 billion in 2022.
In addition to seeing a sharp increase in players, the demographics of gamers have also changed significantly as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic's explosive development in mobile gaming and cloud gaming.
Statista reports that 61% of UK males and 63% of UK females are gamers. This data analyst also finds that 82% of 25 to 34-year-olds, 76% of 35 to 44-year-olds, 62% of 45 to 54-year-olds, 43% of 65 to 74-year-olds, and an estimated 34% of 55 and older play video games.
The need for dependable, high-speed, low-latency internet connections has never been stronger because the gaming industry is constantly pushing technical innovation to better the user's immersive experience with enhanced visuals, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR).
In order to provide a fluid delivery and experience for their content, high-quality cloud gaming services depend on internet bandwidth, server capacity, and a significant amount of computer power. High-maintenance gamers don't accept lag and latency, let alone buffering and packet losses.
With over 200 million users, the award winning game Fortnite by Epic Games creates over 92 million events each minute, and the overall amount of data grows by two petabytes each month.
The load is supported by 12 Amazon Web Service (AWS) data centres with 24 availability zones. Simply put, Fortnite's success would not be feasible without the assistance of dependable data centres that allow for uninterrupted play.
In the coming years, there will undoubtedly be a closer interaction between the gaming industry and the specialised data centres capable of supporting and ensuring premium quality user experience. It is clear that "edge data centres" close to end users are essential for the future of gaming.
These data centres have already seen the average server cabinet rise from roughly 3-5kW to over 10kW in just a few years, and high-density deployments of 25kW or greater are increasingly typical due to the demands of big data analytics, machine learning, and general cloud/digital media services.
Because of this, they already have the infrastructure and technologies needed by the cloud gaming sector, and many colocation providers are expanding their connectivity choices to address latency difficulties.
Additionally, game publishers and developers of all sizes can now use and afford data centre resources that were previously only accessible to the larger game publishers thanks to advancements and flexibility in the networking industry.
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