Modular data center

A 40-foot Portable Modular Data Center.

A Sun Modular Datacenter on display at the Sun Microsystems Executive Briefing Center in Menlo Park, California

A modular data center system is a portable method of deploying data center capacity. An alternative to the traditional data center, a modular data center can be placed anywhere data capacity is needed.

Modular data center systems consist of purpose-engineered modules and components to offer scalable data center capacity with multiple power and cooling options. Modules can be shipped anywhere in the world to be added, integrated, or retrofitted into the customer’s existing data center footprint, or combined into a system of modules.

Modular data center systems allow for substantial economies of scale. Fabrication techniques can be used to reduce manufacturing costs. Training and parts stocking for field maintenance and field-servicing errors can be avoided. Furthermore, a module can be treated as a single unit for FCC compliance certification rather than over a thousand discrete systems.

Designed for rapid deployment, energy efficiency and high-density computing, modular data center systems deliver data center capacity at a lower cost than traditional construction methods, and significantly reduce the construction time from years to a matter of months.^[1]

Examples

• Sun Modular Data Center
• Google Modular Data Center
• IBM Portable Modular Data Center

External links

• Sun Modular Datacenter S20 Product Library Documentation
• IBM Portable Modular Data Center Homepage
• Cisco Containerized Data Center
• Elliptical Mobile Solutions' Micro Modular Data Centers
• i/o ANYWHERE Modular Data Center
• AST Modular Containerized Data Center

1. ^ Wall Street Journal - Data Centers Boom: Modular Construction on the Rise as Cloud Services Grow