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From nuclear plant to
pan European backbone” adds
Mauss.
green European data
1&1’s latest European data centre is
scheduled to become operational
towards the end of 2009. Primarily, it
1&1 Internet Ltd has announced plans will host dedicated server services.
to build one of Europe’s largest data 1&1 currently operates more than
centres in Hanau, Germany. Within a 55,000 energy-saving servers, running
never-used former nuclear fuel facility mostly on a Linux operating system,
called ‘New MOX’, 1&1 will build a that have all been specifically
European data centre providing space designed for its requirements. The
for up to 100,000 servers across an new data centre will
area of 10,000 square metres. Like all also provide capacity for new services
1&1 data centres, the new facility in such as Software-as-a-Service or
Hanau will use electricity only from Cloud Computing. With these
renewable energy sources. 1&1 also technologies, applications and
plans to create around 20 new jobs hardware are moved from a user’s
there, and many more at the desktop into Internet data centres
company’s R&D facilities in Karlsruhe, said Oliver Mauss, CEO of 1&1 such as 1&1’s.
Germany. Internet Ltd. “The geographical
distance from our existing European The facility was constructed in the late
“The new data centre in Hanau will data centres is an important aspect of 1980s, and was originally intended to
further optimise the operational our business continuity strategy, and produce mixed oxide rods made from
efficiency of our Internet services,” the new facility will further bolster our enriched Uranium and Plutonium. The
facility never became operational and
by the end of 1995, its former owner
Spanish postal service
Siemens AG decided to give up the
facility. Two years ago, the premises in
opts to outsource
Hanau were finally released from
nuclear control legislation - a major
prerequisite for 1&1’s involvement.
Interxion has announced a five million equipment with Interxion, as they are
Euro agreement with Spain’s public specialist suppliers with an excellent “Of course, it is a very pleasing side-
postal service, Correos. Under the track record, advanced infrastructure, effect that a formerly contentious
terms of the agreement, Interxion and guaranteed capacity and nuclear plant is now being
Spain will provide Correos with 300 availability,” said Rubén Muñoz, transformed into a green data centre,”
m2 of connectivity-rich equipped Director of Technology and Systems, said Mauss. “Whilst Internet servers
data centre space and 24x7 support Correos. “To achieve similar levels of require electrical power, 1&1 only uses
in a purpose-built section of its service in-house would require a renewal energy. We also pay much
Madrid data centre. Interxion’s new much higher level of investment in attention to saving energy - after all,
data centre space, scheduled to be real estate and infrastructure, not to the power bill is one of the largest
fully operational by January 2009, will mention specialist personnel.” parts of our operational expenses for
house Correos’ next generation of such data centres. The buildings and
corporate IT systems, supporting all In other news, Interxion has the surrounding area provide sufficient
of the company’s applications for announced significant expansion space to install energy-saving coolers
years to come. It will also allow plans for its data centre in Zaventem, that use the outside temperature for
Correos to completely duplicate its Brussels. The amount of equipped cooling and thus significantly reduce
processing, management, storage space will be expanded by 2,200 m?, power consumption. 1&1 also uses
and backup capacity. “It makes good effectively doubling the facility’s size. low-energy components within all its
business sense to house our servers”, he added.
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