Archive for the 'DataCenters' Category

Broadband Utilities Building Three Data Centers in Longmont

Monday, September 15th, 2008

The Boulder County Business Report disclosed the news that Longmont, CO will be home to three 50,000 square foot data centers. Broadband Utilities, based in Dallas, chose land adjacent to the recently completed Honda North Amercan Data Center project.
Longmont is already home to some well-known organizations and interest remains high among prospects looking to relocate [...]

Intel in Good Company in Longmont

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Intel announced it is establishing a presence in Longmont, Colorado joining a who’s who of companies in the area. Of course IBM, just a few miles from Longmont, is one of the earliest and well-known technology giants that have shaped Longmont. Here are a few others:
Chips and Semiconductors

Broadcom Corporation
Fujitsu Computer Products of America
Intelliprop
LSI Storage [...]

Scale Matters

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

While I don’t agree with some of Chuck’s predicted trends in Next Generation Data Centers, this post isn’t about those disagreements. I think it’s important to highlight the value of his observation about Information Technology (IT) at significant scale.
We move data centers of all sizes. The difference in these data centers, regardless of physical size, [...]

How to Move Desktops

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Since we first published the Free Data Center Moving Guide, the question of how to move user desktops is always present. To address that need, we’ve published a guide to moving desktops. The guide covers the desktop move phases including common mistakes to avoid, preparation, de-stage, and re-stage. You can download this guide at http://datacentermoving.com/desktopmovingguide [...]

Updated Data Center Moving Guide Available

Monday, April 28th, 2008

The updated data center move guide is now available for download. The data center relocation guide is useful for creating data center move checklists and data center relocation project plans.
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Data Center Server Reduction Announced by IBM

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

IBM Boulder will participate in the 3,900 server reduction to 30 Z-series mainframes. The announcement also revealed additional glimpses into IBM’s data center efforts. Since 1977, the company has reduced the number of worldwide data centers from 155 to 7 while still currently managing over 8 million square feet of space.
Part of Project Big [...]

Big Blue announcing Project Big Green

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

The Wall Street Journal reported IBM is announcing plans for a service business designed to help customers reduce energy costs in the data center. Look for more information about IBM’s Data Center Stored Cooling solution as well as software and services to identify thermal hot spots.
It’s hard to miss all the Green announcements (see DataCenterKnowledge) [...]

Navy Awards $318M Hawaii Contract to include Data Center Project

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Dick Pacific, one of the largest contractors in Hawaii, announced that it won the Navy award for the construction of the Hawaii Regional Security Operations Center (HRSOC) at the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station in Wahiawa. Of note is the two-story Operations and Data Center. Scheduled for completion in 2010, the [...]

Data Center Power Consumption Secrecy

Friday, April 13th, 2007

DataCenterKnowledge poses an interesting question about data centers - Should Power Usage Be a Secret? The argument by data center operators is that information about their power and water usage could damage them competitively. It is true that knowing how much power is used is a crude measure of the current capacity of the data [...]

Wheatland Wyoming Data Center Likely

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Rich Miller did a great piece on the trend of small towns getting in the data center business. Wheatland, Wyoming is no stranger to a very large construction project. Benefiting from significant improvements in schools, roads, and services the Town swelled during the 1977 to 1980 construction of the $1.6 Billion Laramie River Station (LRS) [...]