IBM is opening a data center in North Carolina that is capable of supporting cloud computing initiatives for clients, offers a host of energy-efficiency features and includes hundreds of sensors that can enable IBM to dynamically adapt power and cooling needs to the environment. IBM officials say the data center infrastructure not only can help outsourcing clients save money and increase efficiency, but also serves as a showcase for IBM’s Smarter Planet technologies.
– IBM is opening a data center
that officials say offers customers a way to improve their IT operations while
driving down capital and operational costs.
The new facility, in Raleigh, N.C., dovetails with IBM’s
larger Smarter Planet initiative, having been built with such new computing
models as …