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Data Center Dynamics has a post on Portugal Telecom doubling its data center capacity with one building.
Portugal Telecom builds giant data center
Will service EU cloud and storage market by doubling nation’s DC capacity
Published 8th February, 2011 by Penny Jones
Portugal Telecom said it is building one of Europe’s largest data centers, with more than 45,000 sq m of operational space for 50,000 servers and covering two levels.
The build alone will double Portugal’s entire data center capacity.
I've discussed the idea of container data centers along with cell towers. Here is one excerpt that hints of a possibility with HP.
We’re not alone on this journey. We’re working closely with HP on cloud-like technologies and co-creating with Freescale on system-on-chip capabilities. And most importantly, we are co-creating this technology, together with our customers all around the world.
For more background, CNET News covers announcement by Alcatel Lucent on new cell towers.
Telcos are getting into the cloud computing business. Here is an article on the efforts in Korea.
Telecoms bet on cloud computing
2011-01-17 18:19
Local carriers look to take share of global market expected to reach
demand for software, platform and data storage in service.
SK Telecom Co., Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Monday it will open a cloud service center that will allow small and mid-sized firms to use high-capacity computing resources without$44.2b in 2013
Korea’s telecom carriers are jumping on the cloud computing market to meet growingadditional facility investment.
Dell tweets its latest cloud efforts.
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Dell as a public cloud end-to-end service provider? Yes. IaaS & PaaS. Coming soon. Dell DC near you.
