Comments on: Study: Data Center Supply Near All-Time Low

By: J Austin

J Austin — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:38:46 +0000

Goose Bay, Labrador will have scads (2800MW) of power in about eight Years.

Churchill Falls, Labrador has access to 170 MW of power NOW that is currently being sold in the US by Hydro Quebec. They also are connected to or are very close to Bell Canada’s fibre-optic network. Road connections exist but are of limited quality so road delivery of containers would require special trucks and grading by the Provincial roads department.

Land is cheap and there is a small skilled workforce. Average temperature is about 0 degrees C. Main employer is the hydro dam but a lot of spouses are employable. Clever design might minimize use of UPS’s because the power dam is nearby (is 5,600MW to big to fail?).

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Iceland is looking better than ever… : — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:12:22 +0000

[...] & Ellis, has identified a pending shortage of data center space in the US. According to this report by DataCenterKnowledge, the situation is becoming critical for companies with large [...]

By: Rich Miller

Rich Miller — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:56:28 +0000

The issue is that a small number of these leases could alter supply in this part of the market to a greater degree than in the past.

By: Ferodynamics

Ferodynamics — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:33:59 +0000

I don’t know if a “lot of people” need 7 megawatts of power or more than 50,000 square feet of contiguous space. I’m just curious, who are these large tenants and why do they need so much contiguous space?

Is this good news for “storage container” data centers?

By: Pete Steege

Pete Steege — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:50:13 +0000

This could catch a lot of people by surprise. Conventional wisdom does not account for this. Thanks for an interesting read.

Will this drive increased equipment swapouts as companies have to make do within a data center power envelope?