Author: Vino Govender

Energy has played an enabling role in each of the past industrial revolutions, and the fourth is no different. But instead of powering factory machinery and steam engines, it is powering everything from communication backbone to access networks, data centres, hyper-scale platforms, and the ever-growing types and numbers of powered connected devices that are used to deliver digital applications and services. The capability to deliver efficient, stable, always-available infrastructure and services is a critical component of the 4IR ecosystem. The ICT sector is estimated to consume roughly 7% of the world’s power. As the digital economy expands, this is set…