HAL 2100 – Challenge to visualize a data center of the future

BRIEF OF THE COMPETITION

Today, almost everything we do online generates some data and it has to be stored somewhere. As the data is skyrocketing, data centres are under strain. Extraordinary power capacity for operations and cooling, communication latency and the need for physical space are some challenges data centres over the world are facing.   For these challenges, data centre leaders are coming up with creative and unconventional solutions.

How can we as designers and architects provide alternative models to this typology? Can we start offering possibilities and solutions for the future of data?

The challenge is to envision data centres set in the year 2100. Produce realistic visions of how the centre would look and function (interior/exterior)

The participants can use one of these three elements according to your research and understanding of the impacts and working of data centres to conceive their visualization- Land, Water and Sky. 

PRIZES

Winner 6000$
Runner – Up – 1400$ x 6
People’s Choice – 600$ x 4
Honorable Mention – 600$ x 12