The Most Extreme Data Centre Deployment 11 About this award
Technological advances in the development of servers and in the equipment that is required to support them have over time created a new breed of data centres that are able to sidestep the
rules of real estate
that apply to larger ‘fi xed’ facilities. T ese can be located or even moved on a more temporary basis to where they are needed. T is Award will be given quite simply to the containerised or ‘pod’ data centre which best symbolises the fl exibility and mobility of this type of facility. It is not just about the precariousness, novelty or ‘level of diffi culty’ of where the container sits, it’s also about the added value this represents to the
organisation Sponsor
Virtus is a well funded, speculative data centre developer of
Tier III
wholesale fully fi tted or powered shell space. Virtus off er fl exible commercial take up models in facilities that are scalable to meet occupiers growing demands.
that
has invested in this data centre option.
In New Jersey, more than 830,000 sq ft of space is available at the site and a dedicated on-site substation delivers up to 30MW of power. T e substation is expandable to 100MW.
IO was launched in January 2007 as a provider of colocation services. Eventually, the company came up with its modular colo model now called IO Anywhere. T e off ering is extremely fl exible, with deployment sizes from one rack in a module up to multiple modules. Modules can be deployed either at one of IO’s massive sites in the US and Asia, or at customers’ own locations.
At current capacity, IO’s factory can knock out 18MW per month and its capacity is expandable. As of early February, 12MW of IO Anywhere modules had been deployed. On the horizon is more innovation, more customers, an increased presence in the Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) market for its data center operating system IO OS and an initial public off ering, which Wanger says should come sometime within the next 12 months.
Finalists 2011:
Bahnhof MDC Stockholm - the modular fortress
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Colt-Verne Renewably powered, free cooled and recyclable data center by Colt/Verne Global
PDI
PDI i-CON modular IT and power container deployment
“IO’s modular data center platform approach allows for variable provisioning of the data center, which makes the most effi cient use of capital and enables better total cost of ownership”
Winner 2011: IO
IO New Jersey: Data Center 2.0, delivered in 90 days
When Phoenix-based IO’s own data center was built at a former New York Times printing plant in New Jersey, construction took less than 90 days. T is facility has since become the largest modular data center in the world. IO was able to achieve this time scale using its Data Center 2.0 platform.
T e model allows the company to deploy large chunks of data center capacity quickly using Data Center 2.0 which provides power, chilled water and network connectivity. IO’s President Tony Wanger says: “IO’s modular data center platform approach allows for variable provisioning of the data center, which makes the most effi cient use of capital and enables better total cost of ownership.”
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