A shrink-wrapped Colt data center module being delivered to the Verne Global data center in ICeland, where BMW will deploy high-performance computing clusters. (Image: Colt)
Automaker
BMW will be taking data center space in Iceland at
Verne Global, where it will use modular data centers from
Colt to support a group of high performance computing clusters that will be used to run simulations when designing new cars. BMW will use cloud computing deployment models developed by the Open Data Center Alliance.
BMW is the second high-profile enterprise this week to announce plans to deploy modular data center capacity. On Wedesday
Goldman Sachs [1] said it would use modules from IO for its IT infrastructure.
BMW’s new facility was announced at an Open Data Center Alliance
conference [2] last week in San Francisco by Mario Mueller, Vice President of IT Infrastructure Group at BMW Group, as well as chair of the
Open Data Center Alliance [3] (ODCA). Mueller also discussed BMW’s plans during an
Intel Developer Forum [4] session with Intel’s Diane Bryant.
BMW will lease space at the
Verne Global [5] facility near Reykjavik Iceland. With a target PUE of 1.2, BMW will use 100 percent renewable energy, a combination of hydroelectric and geothermal. Eventually the company hopes to establish infrastructure for a building a private cloud.
Verne Global called on the UK’s
Colt [6] to help establish a 500 square meter (5,400 square foot) data center that
opened [7] in February of this year. The data center hall consists of 37 modules that were built in the UK and then shipped to Iceland, where they were assembled into a completed data center.
BMW is the fifth tenant at the Verne Global facility, with others including
Datapipe [8], CCP Games, GreenQloud and Opin Kerfi.
BMW will use the ODCA usage models released a year ago to develop its cloud infrastructure. This will address solutions for cloud deployment in four categories: Secure Federation, Automation, Common Management & Policy, and Transparency. The ODCA hopes to drive data center standardization through partnerships with standards developing organizations to help ensure that industry standards meet the needs of the enterprise. To accomplish this the ODCA has worked with OASIS, Open Computer Project, Cloud Security Alliance, DMTF and the Green Grid.
John Rath is a veteran IT professional and regular contributor at Data Center Knowledge. He has served many roles in the data center, including support, system administration, web development and facility management.
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URLs in this post:
[1] Goldman Sachs: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/09/19/goldman-sachs-goes-modular-with-io/
[2] conference: http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/events/solutionprovidersummit
[3] Open Data Center Alliance: http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/
[4] Intel Developer Forum: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/09/14/intel-launches-seacliff-trail-sdn-platform/
[5] Verne Global: http://www.verneglobal.com/
[6] Colt: http://www.colt.net/
[7] opened: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/02/09/new-tenants-for-vernes-modular-colo-in-iceland/
[8] Datapipe: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/05/datapipe-goes-modular-with-verne-in-iceland/
[9] John Rath: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/johnr/
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