Digital Reality's CTO Chris Sharp says copper usage in data centres may decline with light-speed technology.
- Chris Sharp, CTO of Digital Reality, says copper usage may decrease in data centres due to photonics.
- A typical 100MW data centre uses around 400 tonnes of copper.
- Up to 70 tonnes of copper are used by servers and up to 20 tonnes by network wiring.
- Photonics could enable more data streams with less heat; Nvidia is backing the technology; final assembly is clustered in Taiwan (packaging houses).