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Industry Overview
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & DATA CENTER FACILITIES
Powering exponential demand for capacity, communications
and networking
Telecommunications and data are at the center of how we communicate, how we share, how we work and interact, and how we solve real problems with real
solutions. Data is the driver of the Industrial Internet. Every “Internet Minute” the demand for communications, data, cloud-based storage and applications,
and media streaming is driving exponential demand for data center capacity — and creating growing pressures for more reliable, efficient power. As the global
population becomes more mobile, additional networking capability and processing horsepower are needed in existing telecommunications facilities. GE is
working with its customers to provide increased bandwidth through cell towers and small cell networks and more processing power in smaller, more powerful
networking devices.
INTERNET CONNECTED DEVICES WILL BE LARGER THAN GLOBAL POPULATION
FACTS & FIGURES
$13B
53% 1
DATA PROCESSING & NETWORKING
CONSUMES AN ESTIMATED $13B IN
ENERGY COSTS
BY 2020, DEMAND FOR
COMMUNICATIONS, DATA
AND MEDIA STREAMING IS
EXPECTED TO GROW 53%
IN 1 INTERNET MINUTE, 204M
EMAILS ARE SENT, 20M PHOTOS
ARE VIEWED, AND 2M GOOGLE
QUERIES OCCUR
2003
6.3B People
2010
6.8B People
Internet
explosion
2020
7.6B People
500M
Devices
Connected
to Internet
12.5B Devices
Connected to
the Internet
50B Devices
Connected to the
Internet