China DC Growth driven by state - Telco and Finance

DatacenterDynamics reports on the China market with referencing a research study.

“The report, Research on the Distribution Features and Development Strategy of China’s Data Centers, was published today by CCID Consulting, a consulting and intelligence service provider under China Electronics Information Industry Development Research Institute of MIIT, according to OFweek.

The report explores the development of China’s data center industry in terms of contextual background, influential factors and major trends. It analyzes the distribution features of data centers across the country.”

— http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/focus/archive/2014/12/china’s-data-centers-driven-state

Part of what is covered are the three Telcos and four banks that are behind much of the DC growth.

“In the telecommunication industry, three large state-owned telecommunication operators (China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom) and large IDC service providers are the major players driving data center constructions.

Among them, China Telecom has up to 375 IDC data centers, 320 of which are used to serve external customers; China Unicom has 196 IDC data centers with a total floor space of 184,000 sqm; and China Mobile has a number of data centers totaling 105,000 sqm.

The ‘Big Four’ banks driving data centers
In the financial industry, the ‘Big Four’ state-owned banks (Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Construction Bank)”

If you are interested in the original research and have Google Chrome you can translate the original document referenced.

“REVIEW: CCID Consulting released “Chinese characteristics data center layout and Development Strategy.” In depth analysis of the characteristics of the data center layout and development strategy, from the industrial development environment, influencing factors, and other aspects of the evolution of the trend to explore the development of the data center, and in-depth analysis of the current situation of the layout of the data center.”

— http://ee.ofweek.com/2014-12/ART-8420-2817-28908773.html

IO announces splitting into 2 companies, is 2nd largest private DC company and will be #? after split

IO announced that it is going to split into two companies and it says it is the 2nd largest private data center company as they were not able to make the transition to a public company with an IPO.

“IO TO SEPARATE INTO TWO MARKET-LEADING COMPANIES
December 2, 2014 By Jason Ferrara
Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 2, 2014 – IO, a leading data center services company, today announced plans to separate into two independent companies. IO will continue to deliver its market-leading colocation and cloud services. The new company, BASELAYER, will comprise IO’s visionary modular data center hardware and data center infrastructure management software. The company expects to complete the separation in early 2015.
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Today, IO is the second-largest private data center company in the world. The company first revolutionized colocation services in 2007, layering optimized thermal efficiency onto traditional offerings. Shortly after, in 2011, the company invented a patented modular data center with intelligent management and control mechanisms to drive further efficiency and density.”

— https://www.io.com/press-releases/io-separate-two-market-leading-companies/

Viawest and Sabey both say they are one of the largest private data center companies.  I couldn't find who claims to be #1.

What occurred is how big or rather how much smaller will the new IO split companies be?

Is Newark's Data Center LLC project a Green Data Center?

The Green Data Center aspect is being debated as many focus on the environmental impact.

Newark City Council reviews report on data center’s environmental impact

By Ben Szmidt

June 2, 2014

Newark Mayor Polly Sierer and City Council presented a report on the potential environmental impact of the proposed data center and its adjoining power plant on the University of Delaware’s STAR campus during a special meeting on Monday night.

The report, produced by Liberty Environmental, concludes The Data Centers’ project is relatively clean, but it’s use of combustion engines and non-renewable fossil fuels in a 279 megawatt, gas-turbine power plant does not make it green.

Here is a post that makes the statement this data center is not green.

City's environmental consultant deems TDC project 'not green'

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Biebuyck presented Liberty's findings to city council during a special meeting held Monday night in council chambers where he shared several “concerns” regarding TDC's air permit, deeming some of the company's claims “questionable,” “incorrect” and “misleading.”

“This project is to some extent clean but it's certainly not green,” he said.

DePaul shows their new data center space in Dupont Fabros Chicago Facility

Normally when you see a wholesale data center space like Dupont Fabros you can’t go into the spaces that are occupied.  here is a video of DePaul University sharing their new space in Dupont Fabros’s Chicago Data Center.

Dupont Fabros has more information on the building here.

CH1 - Chicago, IL

Located in the western suburbs of Chicago, CH1 is one of the Midwest’s most sophisticated and efficient data centers. The facility is constructed in two phases of 18.2 MW of Critical Load each; Phase I was delivered in August 2008, with Phase 2 delivered in February 2011. Clients are able to lease one or multiple dedicated computer rooms each with independent redundancy and security. The property has multiple major fiber carriers on site and benefits from some of the country’s most competitive power rates. Customer requiring substantial office space can utilize the adjacent and exclusive 32,000 square foot office building. The facility is currently 100 percent leased.

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Internap uses Schneider Electric in Modular fashion that is flexible and energy efficient

Schneider Electric has a press release on its efforts to help Internap build higher performing data centers.

Schneider Electric Helps Long-Time Customer, Internap, Build High-Performance, Hybrid Data Center in Secaucus, New Jersey

WEST KINGSTON, R.I. – April 1, 2014 – Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced a new project with Internet infrastructure provider and long-time customer, Internap, to equip its new hybrid data center in New Jersey with a diverse array of solutions to optimize operational efficiency and reduce costs.

I was able to chat with Randy Ortiz who is the VP of data center design and engineering at Internap leading the integration of Schneider Electric gear.  What became clear in the discussion is Randy’s efforts to be flexible with a modular electrical system also achieve a higher energy efficiency.  The current design can support up to 18kW per rack in the facility for high density server deployments.

“Modular, scalable design is at the core of our data center build outs,” says Randy Ortiz, Vice President, Data Center Design and Engineering, Internap. “With our New York facilities nearing full capacity, we needed to accelerate our growth plans while working with a services provider that meets our demands for operational efficiency and cost savings across several product solutions.

Here is a video describing the infrastructure in Internap with Randy Ortiz and you can see the 

Internap provides Enterprise Cloud Hosting which means the environments can be more dynamic and higher utilization which means more stress on the electrical and cooling systems.

The state-of-the-art Secaucus facility will serve customers’ growing demand for diverse IT infrastructure services that can address a wide range of application and use case requirements, with high-performance, low-latency network delivery. The data center meets these complex needs with Internap’s full hybrid portfolio that includes scale-out, highly-automated services