Ken Jamaca and Derek Baker from Silverback Migration Solutions pointed me to a new datacenter company (PDF datasheet showcasing their first ship) that is converting refurbished cargo container ships into full-fledged datacenters. The company, IDS, is currently in stealth mode.

Major benefits include:

1. Rapidly deployable datacenter real-estate in the most physically and electrically congested areas of the port-accessible nation.
2. Readily available and cheap chill water (mind the salt!).
3. It’s real… first ship coming online this April.

For more details, see Ken’s blog, where he points out some contact information for the folks. I’m willing to sign up for a tour come this April!

Tags: floating datacenter

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