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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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Michigan Unveils First HP EcoPOD Modular Unit
June 14th, 2012 : Rich MillerHP announced its new EcoPOD modular data center last June. But there haven't been any public sightings of the new product "in the wild" and installed as a working data center. Until today, when the University of Michigan will unveil its new EcoPod as part of its effort to expandhigh performance computing (HPC) projects. Read More
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OVH Deploys “Container Cube” Data Center
June 13th, 2012 : Rich MillerFrench hosting firm OVH has opened a new data center in Strasbourg, France that recreates many elements of its innovative "cube" design using stacks of shipping containers housing servers. The facility features 12 containers, which are stacked three-high in two rows. Read More
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DataXenter Powers Modular Move for EvoSwitch
June 8th, 2012 : Rich MillerWhen the data center team at EvoSwitch prepared to expand their main data center, parent company Ocom decided to develop its own modular designs. The result is DataXenter, a new modular data center provider. Read More
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Closer Look: Schneider Electric Modules
May 21st, 2012 : Colleen MillerAs part of the Uptime Institute's "Modular Campus," Schneider Electric brought a 50,000-pound pre-manufactured power facility module to Santa Clara Convention Center for event attendees to see and experience the modular unit. Video walk-through of the power module. Read More
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Modular Monday: Closer Look at 4 Offerings
May 21st, 2012 : Rich Miller
The Data Center Knowledge staff conducted video overviews and walk-throughs of each of the four pre-fabricated modular data centers on display at The Uptime Symposium last week, including products from Active Power, IO, Digital Realty and Schneider Electric.
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Closer Look: Active Power’s PowerHouse
May 21st, 2012 : Colleen MillerThis video provides an overview of the Active Power PowerHouse system, a modular power infrastructure solution, is available in increments from 240 kW to 960 kW, and contains critical power infrastructure components. Read More
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Building A Cloud-Savvy Model for TCO and ROI
How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center
Bringing Colo to the Customer: Modular Gets Local
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
