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IO Gets $90 Million to Advance Modular Data Centers
October 10th, 2012 : Rich MillerModular data center specialist IO has raised $90 million in equity funding from a group led by New World Ventures, an investment arm of the Pritzker family, the company said today. IO will use the funds to accelerate deployment of its data center modules for customers, and boost its software and hardware development efforts. Read More
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What Are The Pros and Cons of Modular Deployments?
October 9th, 2012 : Colleen MillerIn this brief video, Kevin Brown, VP, Global Data Center Offer, Schneider Electric, offers thoughts on the benefits and drawbacks of pre-fabricated modular data center units. Read More
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SGI Modular HPC System Selected At the Department of Energy
September 28th, 2012 : John RathSGI announced that it has partnered with URS Energy and Construction to design, build and deploy an energy efficient high performance computing (HPC) system housed in an SGI ICE Cube Air modular data center. Read More
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Report Sees 40 Percent Growth for Pre-Fab Data Centers
September 27th, 2012 : Rich MillerShipments of containerized data centers are forecast to grow 40 percent in 2013 compared to 2012, following a near doubling of the market in 2012, according to a new report from IMS Research. Read More
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IO Receives First-Ever Modular UL Certification
September 26th, 2012 : John RathThe IO.Anywhere product portfolio has been awarded the data center industry's first-ever modular data center safety certification by Underwriters Laboratories, a step that could further boost customer comfort levels with modular form factors. Read More
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BMW To Deploy HPC Clusters at Verne Global In Iceland
September 20th, 2012 : John RathBMW 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. Read More
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Goldman Sachs Goes Modular With IO
September 19th, 2012 : Rich MillerInvestment banking giant Goldman Sachs will begin using modular data centers to deploy its IT infrastructure, and has partnered with IO to deploy modules across three continents, the companies said today. Read More
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In New Jersey, Modules Bloom Along the Turnpike
July 27th, 2012 : Rich MillerOne year after opening the world's largest modular data center in a massive printing plant, IO held an open house this week to show off its progress. In a large hall filled with data center modules housing customer servers, IO executives said the IO New Jersey facility is the first step in a global expansion of the company's vision for a new way to deploy data center space. Read More
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Visualizing the Modular Design Difference
July 12th, 2012 : Rich MillerDiversified Agency Services (DAS) recently began a major consolidation of the IT infrastructure supporting more than 100 agencies within the Omnicom family of companies. DAS has created a series of videos documenting its process including one that takes viewers inside the IO Phoenix facility, and illustrates the visual differences between traditional and modular designs. Read More
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