Amazon Deploying Containers in Oregon

Data Center Knowledge (Jun 20 2011) Construction , Container , Cloud Computing

1. Last week we noted a presentation from Amazon Web Services that discussed the company’s use of modular data centers to deploy server capacity for its cloud computing operation. Amazon’s latest modular deployment has been noticed by local media in central Oregon. On Saturday The Hermiston Herald reported that Amazon subsidiary Vadata has deployed six modules in Umatilla, Oregon. The paper describes the facility as “innocuous, bland structures — a row of six shipping containers gussied up with a few doors and vents. ” That description matches images of a modular design called Perdix that Amazon’s James Hamilton discussed earlier this month at a technology open house. (Read Full Article)

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