The data center sector is moving away from one-size-fits-all models and toward increasing specialization. Corporate, edge, retail, wholesale, and development models address different needs, customers, and workloads, which are beginning to shape how infrastructure is conceived and designed from the outset.

The Data Calvos—professionals from various areas of the ecosystem—share their perspectives to analyze this transformation: Is this the end of the monolithic data center? To what extent will operators and infrastructure become specialized? And how will this evolution change the way we design the data centers of the future?