June 13, 2008

IBM signs on to “green” data-centre project in British Columbia

VANCOUVER

IBM has signed an agreement to help build a $75 million, 150,000-square-foot “green” data centre in the heart of British Columbia with gigaCENTER Services Corporation, in partnership with RackForce Networks.

The new facility called gigaCENTER Services Corp will be among the most efficient and “greenest” large-scale data centre in Canada, the company said. It is being developed using IBM’s modular approach and will include power and cooling capabilities to support a variety of technologies from high-density blade servers to mainframes.

IBM products and services will be delivered over the three-year construction, with the first phase scheduled to open in December 2008. When completed, the facility will support 70,000 square feet of raised-floor data center space and create up to 100 jobs.

“We are building a data centre with IBM in a safe and secure location to respond to growing issues about natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods,” said Tim Dufour, CEO of RackForce and gigaCENTER. “This centre will support the latest technologies using green hydro-generated power and environmentally-friendly design.”

Customers will be able to rent space as small as one cabinet, up to dedicated cages and private rooms.

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