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Q&A: Jeff Monroe, CEO of Verne Global
February 17th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Verne Global recently opened the doors on its new "modular colo" data center in Keflavik, Iceland, which is powered entirely by renewable energy. We recently had an email question-and-answer with Verne CEO Jeff Monroe about the process of bringing this facility into production. Read More
The State of the Modular Data Center
February 6th, 2012 : Rich Miller
What's the state of the modular market? Five years after the debut of the Blackbox, we look at who is using modular data centers, the potential market, and what the analysts foresee for the future of modular design. Read More
Inside IO’s Modular Data Center Assembly Line
January 30th, 2012 : Rich Miller
IO's new factory serves as an assembly line for modular data centers, and the back-end of the company's effort to reshape the face of the data center market. We take a look inside. Read More
Roundup: Intel Atom, IO, Bharti Airtel,
December 29th, 2011 : John Rath
Intel ships latest Atom-based processor platform, Solugenix chooses IO Anywhere for data center services. reports cite fire in Mumbai data center as cause of Bharti Airtel outages. Read More
Thor Data Center Bought by Iceland’s Skyrr
December 19th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Iceland's Thor Data Center has been acquired by Skyrr, one of Iceland's largest IT service providers, he companies said today. Thor provides modular data center services to customers including Opera Software. Read More
Micro-Modules Use Warm Water for Cooling
December 19th, 2011 : Rich Miller
A new "Micro Modular Data Center" from Elliptical Mobile Systems has shown the ability to cool IT equipment using warm water - a capability that offers major energy efficiency gains. Read More
HP Sees Enterprise Momentum for POD Modules
December 15th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Enterprises are getting comfortable with containers and modular data centers, which is boosting demand for HP's Portable Optimized Datacenter (POD) offerings, the company said today. HP is also investing to expand its production capacity for its modular capacity. Read More
Red Cloud Deploys IO Modules Across Australia
December 13th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Australian data center service provider Red Cloud has signed a multi-module contract with IO, and will deploy 4.5 megawatts of IT capacity in new modular facilities in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Read More
Video: Verne, Colt Bring Modular Data Centres to Iceland
November 24th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Verne Global’s new data center in Iceland will deploy customer servers in a factory-built modular server hall designed and built by Colt in its UK factory and shipped to Verne’s site in a former NATO command center. In this video, executives from Verne discuss their location and why they chose Colt's modules for the project. Read More