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FREMONT, Calif., and Phoenix, Ariz. – SGI® (NASDAQ: SGI) announced today that it recently shipped its ICE Cube™ modular data center to i/o Data Centers,
a leading colocation and data center services provider based in
Phoenix, Arizona, to address i/o clients' evolving data center needs.
The ICE Cube is secured, powered and connected to i/o Data Centers'
network.
Located at i/o Data Centers' 538,000-square-foot
Phoenix ONE facility, ICE Cube provides high-density server and storage
capacity in 20' and 40' ISO shipping containers, and has capacity for
up to 2,800 independent servers, 22,400 cores or 11 Petabytes of
storage. i/o Data Centers supplies a secure, reliable infrastructure
for the ICE Cube that includes conditioned power,
temperature-controlled space and network connectivity.
SGI's ICE
Cube provides colocation sites compelling deployment advantages,
including density benefits, enhanced computing resources using the
latest technologies, immediate deployment and dramatically reduced
operating costs. Customers traditionally unable to afford these
high-end benefits can now easily capitalize on them with ICE Cube and
i/o Data Centers.
"SGI's experience in satisfying the cloud
computing requirements of the world's most successful Internet
companies gives us unique insight into the demands of the modern data
center," said Tony Carrozza, senior vice president of worldwide sales
and marketing at SGI. "The ICE Cube container enables i/o Data Centers
to attract new users to cutting edge, energy efficient technologies
that lower operating costs, reduce carbon footprint and accelerate time
to deployment."
i/o Data Centers provides fully-integrated data center solutions
that save its clients the expense, risks and hassles of designing,
building and operating their own private data centers. Customers,
including some of the world's largest Web properties and enterprises,
are afforded convenience and confidence knowing that their
containerized data center will be installed, powered, networked,
secured and managed by a team of data center professionals. i/o Data
Centers handles ICE Cube logistics, redundant system connections and
maintenance for its customers.
"The ICE Cube allows us to
leverage SGI's innovative and environmentally-friendly, modular data
center solutions to provide unequaled value to our customers," said
George Slessman, CEO at i/o Data Centers. "By combining SGI's
industry-leading modular data center technology with i/o Data Centers'
world-class infrastructure and service, we are providing a compelling,
fully-integrated solution for our customers' data center needs."
For more information about the ICE Cube, visit www.sgi.com/icecube
About SGI
SGI®
(Silicon Graphics International Corp.) is a global leader in
large-scale clustered computing, clustered storage, HPC and data center
enablement and services. SGI is dedicated to solving these industries'
most demanding business and technology challenges. Visit www.sgi.com for more information.
About i/o Data Centers
i/o Data Centers is the premier provider of enterprise data center solutions.
Based in Arizona, i/o Data Centers designs, builds and operates secure,
scalable and efficient data centers for some of the world's largest
corporations and web properties. i/o Data Centers offers
high-performance colocation cabinets, colocation cages, data center
suites and modular data center solutions. For more information on i/o
Data Centers visit: www.iodatacenters.com.


