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Benefits of assembly-line techniques for data centres revealed in new Green Grid report
Modular data centers offer cost savings and increased energy efficiency
Manufacturing techniques that are extensively applied in other industries are now rapidly maturing for the building and deployment of data centres, according to a new report from The Green Grid, the IT industry’s leading voice for advancing resource efficiency in data centres and business computing ecosystems. The Green Grid’s white paper, “Deploying and Using Containerized/Modular Data Centre Facilities,” reveals that pre-engineered and prefabricated data centres demonstrate technical and business value when properly applied.
“The assembly line revolutionised manufacturing and commoditised many goods, creating efficiencies in both cost and performance. The same revolution is now happening in data centre production and deployment, building greater potential for cost savings and increased energy efficiency” said Tim Mohin, Green Grid board member and Director, Corporate Responsibility at AMD.
Organisations can benefit from the modular and prefabricated approach to data centre construction since it eliminates the expense of custom engineering and architecture. These pre-engineered structures can be rapidly deployed and can offer improved performance because structural defects are ironed out early in the design process, prior to being dispatched for on-site deployment. Although these structures are mass-produced, organisations can marry modules together and tailor the data centre to their particular needs, climate and location.
“With the amount of data we create increasing exponentially each year, companies across the globe are looking for ways to maximise their resources as they are faced with more information to store and maintain,” said Mark Monroe, executive director of The Green Grid. “The modular data centre is an increasingly popular alternative since it’s more cost-effective and can be equipped with higher density, energy saving technologies that also reduce costs as well as space.”
The latest Green Grid white paper provides comprehensive information to guide decision-makers in data centre deployment through this rapidly maturing market.
Download the whitepaper below.
- Posted on: 15th November 2011 at 12:00am
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- Topics: Energy Efficiency; Power & Cooling;
