Anyone who pays even scant attention to data center issues has no doubt been hearing the term “modular” with increasingly greater frequency, and with good reason. As we’ve covered previously,… Read more »
Articles Tagged: Modularity
Chico’s New Modular Data Center Saves Money While Packing Plenty of Power
March 14, 2013
444 views
Nothing gets across the value of a technology solution quite like a customer telling the story in his own words. That’s exactly what Steven Ross, Vice President of Technology for… Read more »
Data Center Predictions for 2013: Flash Memory, SDNs, Hybrid Cloud and More
January 7, 2013
1,640 views
As the new year begins it’s time for all good bloggers to do what comes naturally: compile lists! Far be it from me to buck this time-honored tradition (one that pre-dates… Read more »
Making the Case for Modular Data Centers
October 22, 2012
1,656 views
I was recently asked to participate on a panel for a podcast discussing modular data centers and, in preparation, put together a few notes on the topic. As I reviewed… Read more »
Standardized, Modular, Scalable…Blah Blah Blaaah…
October 18, 2012
2,392 views
These terms have been discussed and promoted ad nauseam for years. Perhaps so much so, that my mere use of them in this title risks significantly reducing the number of… Read more »
7 Tips for Reducing Physical Data Center Infrastructure Energy Consumption
September 26, 2012
2,513 views
I recently came across one of our Schneider Electric white papers from a couple of years ago that was all about reducing energy consumption attributed to physical infrastructure in federal… Read more »
Why data centers with a PUE greater than 2 could be obsolete in the next 5 years
August 2, 2012
2,809 views
I caught up with Paul-Francois Cattier, Global VP Data Center for Schneider Electric at Data Centres Europe 2012 in Nice and asked him about his presentation – the title of… Read more »
4 Attributes of a DCIM System that Will Go the Distance
July 5, 2012
2,297 views
The number of vendors selling data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solutions is constantly growing and the solutions are varied to say the least. Some focus on specific measurement functions or… Read more »
Uptime Institute Panel Makes the Case for Modular Data Center Approach
May 16, 2012
1,578 views
More evidence that modular, containerized systems are catching on came from a panel discussion at the Uptime Institute Symposium 2012 event in Santa Clara, Calif. titled “The Mega Data… Read more »
Uptime Institute Event Puts Focus on Modular, Containerized Data Centers
May 16, 2012
1,379 views
The Uptime Institute Symposium 2012 is going on this week in Santa Clara, Calif., and a special focus at the event is modular, pre-fabricated and containerized data centers. The Institute… Read more »
How much should a modular data center cost?
February 16, 2012
5,351 views
One of the advantages that modular data centers enjoy is lower build costs than traditional or legacy facilities. But this was not always the case and the capital cost of… Read more »
7 Applications for Containerized Data Center Facility Modules
February 23, 2012
4,529 views
Here’s a sales pitch: standardized, pre-assembled and integrated data center facility power and cooling modules are at least 60% faster and 20 – 30% cheaper to deploy than traditional data… Read more »
Will modular power and cooling make traditional data center designs obsolete?
February 7, 2012
2,830 views
Fortune 500 companies around the world are trying to rationalize their data centers for better efficiency of scale. Some of them have approached Schneider Electric with the goal of a… Read more »
Why data centers with a PUE greater than 2 could be obsolete in the next 5 years
August 2, 2012
2,809 views
I caught up with Paul-Francois Cattier, Global VP Data Center for Schneider Electric at Data Centres Europe 2012 in Nice and asked him about his presentation – the title of… Read more »
7 Tips for Reducing Physical Data Center Infrastructure Energy Consumption
September 26, 2012
2,513 views
I recently came across one of our Schneider Electric white papers from a couple of years ago that was all about reducing energy consumption attributed to physical infrastructure in federal… Read more »
Standardized, Modular, Scalable…Blah Blah Blaaah…
October 18, 2012
2,392 views
These terms have been discussed and promoted ad nauseam for years. Perhaps so much so, that my mere use of them in this title risks significantly reducing the number of… Read more »
4 Attributes of a DCIM System that Will Go the Distance
July 5, 2012
2,297 views
The number of vendors selling data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solutions is constantly growing and the solutions are varied to say the least. Some focus on specific measurement functions or… Read more »
Making the Case for Modular Data Centers
October 22, 2012
1,656 views
I was recently asked to participate on a panel for a podcast discussing modular data centers and, in preparation, put together a few notes on the topic. As I reviewed… Read more »
Data Center Predictions for 2013: Flash Memory, SDNs, Hybrid Cloud and More
January 7, 2013
1,640 views
As the new year begins it’s time for all good bloggers to do what comes naturally: compile lists! Far be it from me to buck this time-honored tradition (one that pre-dates… Read more »
Uptime Institute Panel Makes the Case for Modular Data Center Approach
May 16, 2012
1,578 views
More evidence that modular, containerized systems are catching on came from a panel discussion at the Uptime Institute Symposium 2012 event in Santa Clara, Calif. titled “The Mega Data… Read more »
Uptime Institute Event Puts Focus on Modular, Containerized Data Centers
May 16, 2012
1,379 views
The Uptime Institute Symposium 2012 is going on this week in Santa Clara, Calif., and a special focus at the event is modular, pre-fabricated and containerized data centers. The Institute… Read more »
Uptime Institute Panel Makes the Case for Modular Data Center Approach
May 16, 2012
1,578 views
More evidence that modular, containerized systems are catching on came from a panel discussion at the Uptime Institute Symposium 2012 event in Santa Clara, Calif. titled “The Mega Data… Read more »
4 Attributes of a DCIM System that Will Go the Distance
July 5, 2012
2,297 views
The number of vendors selling data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solutions is constantly growing and the solutions are varied to say the least. Some focus on specific measurement functions or… Read more »
7 Tips for Reducing Physical Data Center Infrastructure Energy Consumption
September 26, 2012
2,513 views
I recently came across one of our Schneider Electric white papers from a couple of years ago that was all about reducing energy consumption attributed to physical infrastructure in federal… Read more »
Technology Convergence Conference and Data Center Modularity
January 30, 2012
1,474 views
We are very excited to announce that this week we will be in sunny Santa Clara, California for the Technology Convergence Conference (TCC)! Among many of the other great speakers… Read more »
Why data centers with a PUE greater than 2 could be obsolete in the next 5 years
August 2, 2012
2,809 views
I caught up with Paul-Francois Cattier, Global VP Data Center for Schneider Electric at Data Centres Europe 2012 in Nice and asked him about his presentation – the title of… Read more »
Will modular power and cooling make traditional data center designs obsolete?
February 7, 2012
2,830 views
Fortune 500 companies around the world are trying to rationalize their data centers for better efficiency of scale. Some of them have approached Schneider Electric with the goal of a… Read more »
Making the Case for Modular Data Centers
October 22, 2012
1,656 views
I was recently asked to participate on a panel for a podcast discussing modular data centers and, in preparation, put together a few notes on the topic. As I reviewed… Read more »
How to Shorten Your Data Center Design from 18 Months to 4
March 19, 2012
1,303 views
Modular Data Centers are dramatically shortening the data center design cycle from 18 months to as little as four months by using off-the-shelf, standardized subsystems. The goal of MDC providers… Read more »
Standardized, Modular, Scalable…Blah Blah Blaaah…
October 18, 2012
2,392 views
These terms have been discussed and promoted ad nauseam for years. Perhaps so much so, that my mere use of them in this title risks significantly reducing the number of… Read more »