“Prefabricated data centers are emerging as a new and viable solution for the changing capacity demands of the data center. As opposed to the traditional ‘brick-and-mortar’ data center, these prefabricated data centers are scalable and rapidly deployable, promising significant savings on building cost and deployment,” said Steve Shelley, vice president of modular solutions, Emerson Network Power in Asia. “Moreover, modularity enables ‘grow as you grow,’ allowing data center solutions to be sized accordingly to meet client demands. Prefabricated data centers are ideal for a wide range of industries such as telecom, industrial, and healthcare.”
The business case for prefabricated data centers is explained in the Executive Brief, “Prefabricated Data Centers: Are They Right for You?” In the Playbook for Change, “Evaluating and Deploying Prefabricated Data Centers,” Emerson Network Power takes a closer look at executional considerations.
Some potential advantages to the approach, examined more closely in the two pieces, include speed of deployment; scalability; cost control; performance; intelligence; and project management and service.
“Telecom services, such as voice and data, require high performance systems to handle increasing customer demand. Prefabricated data centers are an attractive solution for telecom operators, providing cost and energy efficiency. As they are rapidly deployable, prefabricated data centers make growth easier, and anticipation of the need for expansion means the infrastructure can grow without the site skipping a beat, as these data centers can be installed while those already working remain in operation,” said Cal Lahteenmaa, technical director, telecoms, Emerson Network Power in Asia.
