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IBM announced plans last week to construct the largest data center in the world by the year 2010. This massive new 300,000 facility will cost Big Blue a whopping $86 million. and double its data-center capacity without increasing it’s energy usage or carbon emissions. The data center will be located in Boulder, Colorado, a fitting location for the likes of such an environmentally focused community, where so many of its residents are known to enjoy the great outdoors. The city offered $100,000 in tax and fee rebates from as well as a $632,000 grant from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade to train the data center’s new workforce and other IBM employees.

“The reason we’re building these data centers is we continue to have growth in our clients’ demands. It’s about growing in an eco-friendly way”, said Rich Lechner, IBM’s vice president for IT optimization. The project is being completed partly to accommodate a $480 million, five-year agreement with a new customer IBM has declined to name publicly.

Just how do they plan on achieving this revolutionary efficiency?
1. Efficient building designs
2. New lighting systems
3. Highly efficient air conditioning
4. Extensive use of server and storage virtualization
5. Energy-efficient power and cooling systems
6.Software called PowerExecutive that manages and monitors power consumption

Taken from: Network World

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By Joshua Levitt
E-Commerce Sales and Marketing Manager for UsedCisco.com

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