IDS to offer up floating data centers?

Posted in Datacenter (January 12, 2008 at 7:23 pm)

Filed under: Storage

Details are still murky at this point, but it seems a company dubbed IDS is getting set to change the way we look at traditional data centers. The San Francisco-based startup is reportedly about to build 22 new centers, but rather than looking for unused closets and underground caverns to store hardware, it’s planning to erect said data centers on decommissioned cargo ships. The plan doesn’t really sound all that far-fetched — after all, it can use sea water for cooling, there’s loads of on board fuel for power generation during disasters and they can be easily used in coastal cities where free land is an issue. Purportedly, IDS will be transitioning out of secrecy in the near future, so we should be hearing a lot more on how it plans to progress real soon.