Comments on: Location, Location, Data Center Location

By: Location Selection Criteria for Data Centers — THE TENANT ADVISOR

Location Selection Criteria for Data Centers — THE TENANT ADVISOR — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:19:07 +0000

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By: Helgi Björgvinsson

Helgi Björgvinsson — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:47:23 +0000

Good video. Seems Iceland ticks all the right boxes. There’s a perceived risk of natural disasters but take a closer look and you’ll see that’s only a perception. Natural free cooling all year round, low cost renewable energy, favorable tax and legal framework, educated work force, good connectivity, and a strategic location mid-way between the US and Europe. Take a look at the guys already running DCs there: http://www.verneglobal.com and http://www.thordc.com.

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By: Douglas Alger

Douglas Alger — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:47:29 +0000

@Paul… Great comment about modularity. I have long been a fan of deploying Data Center infrastructure in consistent, repeatable increments and containerized Data Centers are an excellent option for doing so.

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By: pegasus

pegasus — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:13:35 +0000

love the concrete block comments!

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By: Joyce Shannon

Joyce Shannon — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:27:11 +0000

Fully agree with Paul Jethin. I think the future belongs to Modular Data Centers. And generally speaking, the less something is attached to any geographical location, the better.

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By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:25:31 +0000

I am laughing ony because of the concrete block comments. Hubby and I are in process of packing and because of this mere fact have decided our next endeavor is going Minimalist. Cicso is strategically placed it appears.

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By: Ahmed Ali

Ahmed Ali — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:20:37 +0000

@Paul: Couldn’t agree more.

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By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:56:47 +0000

Deep water cooling. The city of Toronto has had great success with it. Naturally, clients are interested in spending money on their own DC, not a large scale infrastructure for a city. It can be done for facilities smaller than a city; Cornell University for example uses deep water cooling. (I mention them as they have info online albeit they are bigger than one DC.) Also, here in NYC World Trade was designed to use the Hudson River as a back up but used it all the time as it was so much cheaper. Rochester NY and the shoreline between Chicago and Milwaukee (especially closer to Milwaukee) are excellent locations, plus the Finger Lakes in upstate NY. While NY power rates are high, my quick search suggests NYC skews the average; more research can be done when you hire me.

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By: David S.

David S. — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:31:27 +0000

Great article, Doug – I used to be able to joke that Cisco only put data centers along major geological faults or in the path of hurricanes Congrats to the whole team on successfully making such a major transformation.

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By: Aaron Chiles

Aaron Chiles — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:27:35 +0000

@Paul Jethin be sure to check out “Would You, Could You, In a Box?” by Douglas Alger. It has some great information about containerized (modular) data center). http://blogs.cisco.com/ciscoit/would-you-could-you-in-a-box/

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