New IBM Data Center in North Carolina Engineered to Support Cloud Computing
This is a Vendor Newsfeed Posted by Mike Fratto, Editor
February 05, 2010
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the opening of a new data center designed to support new compute models like cloud computing, in order to help clients from around the world operate smarter businesses, organizations and cities.
The new data center reduces technology infrastructure costs and complexity for clients while improving quality and speeding the deployment of services - using only half the energy required of a similar facility its size. The data center will ultimately total 100,000 square feet at IBM's Research Triangle Park (RTP) campus and is part of a $362 million investment by the corporation to build the new data center in North Carolina. IBM owns or operates more than 450 data centers worldwide.
Data centers are the backbone of information technology (IT) infrastructure delivery for businesses and other organizations, with powerful servers and storage systems running business-critical technology including software applications, email and web sites. IBM has engineered the data center to help its clients use new Internet technologies and services to meet the business challenges of an environment marked by an exponential rise in computational power, a proliferation of connected devices and an imperative to manage energy costs.
The data center uses advanced software virtualization technologies that enable access to information and services from any device with extremely high levels of availability and quality of experience. The facility aggressively conserves energy resources; saving cost and speeding services deployment through a smart management approach that links equipment, building systems and data center operations.
"I thank IBM for its continued commitment to North Carolina. This facility promises to be one of IBM's greenest data centers in the world, proving once again that green is gold for North Carolina," Gov. Bev Perdue said. "Growing North Carolina's green economy plays a critical role in my mission to create jobs and to ensure our state's economy is poised to be globally competitive in the long term."
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