Modular vs Traditional Data Centres: What’s the Real Cost of Delay?
Delays in deploying critical infrastructure can hit companies hard, costing valuable time, money and severely impacting business continuity. While traditional data centre builds can stretch out for months or even years, modular solutions can be designed, built and deployed in a fraction of the time.
Every Delay Has a Price.
- Lost revenue.
- Increased operational risk.
- Competitive disadvantage
- Brand damage
- Loss of data
- Reduced customer loyalty / trust.
In today’s ever increasing AI-driven world waiting 12-18 months for 1- 5MW or 24–36 months for 10-50+ MW traditional data centres could leave you being outpaced by your competitors or worse, losing your customers’ trust and loyalty.
We’ve seen it play out
In 2023 Microsoft warned of project delays due to data centre supply chain constraints, slowing down global Azure expansion.
During the 2022–23 AI infrastructure boom several hyperscalers lost ground to faster-moving competitors simply because they couldn’t get physical infrastructure in place quickly enough.
In the UK ongoing grid connection delays have pushed traditional builds back by up to two years, causing investment hesitations in sectors from fintech to medtech.
Having worked with customers across varying sectors, from technology providers to financial institutions, Durata has seen first-hand the immediate benefits of modular systems. Having the expertise, the capabilities and the logistics in-house we are fully equipped to design, build, deliver and maintain scalable and reliable solutions at pace to avoid costly constraints and wait times.
Modular Changes the Game.
Where traditional builds can get held up by planning permissions, weather and construction bottlenecks, modular solutions offer speed and agility. They’re built off-site, arrive pre-tested and slot in seamlessly reducing time to deployment and becoming instantly fully operational.
The value is there
In 2023, Meta rolled out modular data centre components in response to surging AI demand, enabling rapid scaling where traditional construction lagged. Not so coincidentally, this was also the year the company saw massive growth with its revenue increasing by 25%.
At Durata, we recognise these growing demands of the data centre market and have tailored our modular solutions to support projects of all capacities, worldwide.
With extensive experience delivering modular projects for data halls and power trains, we understand first-hand how modular construction accelerates speed to market, increases delivery agility, boosts construction efficiency and enables seamless scalability.
Faster to market. Faster to value.
Yes, modular infrastructure is convenient, but it also gives you the vital edge over your competitors. With the surge in demand for AI-driven infrastructure, we are also seeing a significant rise in opportunities to support AI Factory builds, facilities designed for cutting-edge GPU technology. Built in the UK for rapid global deployment, these projects reflect the increasing need for speed and flexibility for growth.
So the real question is… Can you afford to wait?
Our modular solutions are designed and built with powerful, scalable infrastructure, fully future-proofed to handle the AI demands of today and the evolution of technology to come.
