Pre-Fab Green Data Centres Come In Any Size

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1. Pre-fab data centres are a reality, and containers are reaching places we wouldn't have expected, says Peter Judge. Pre-fabricated buildings have a way of becoming permanent. It looks like the data centre industry has cottoned to that, and is now selling a range of options to people who want different kinds of data centres. Essentially, we have full-on pre-fabricated data centres, such as that provided by Colt to Verne Global in Iceland, which are being offered alongside containers, such as those used by HP to supply Airbus’ high-performance computing needs. There are even micro-modular data centres – consisting of one rack in a box. And I think they all have their place. Homes for heroes Excalibur proves the prefab concept The word “pre-fab” has interesting resonances. After the Second world War, the British government built 156,000 temporary homes, universally known as “pre-fabs”, to replace bomb-damaged homes. They were designed ... (Read Full Article)

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