Hitachi Systems, Ltd. has updated its lineup of containerized data centers to meet the needs of utilizing generative AI, and will begin selling three standard models for different purposes from today. Containerized data centers provide all the equipment required for a data center, such as server racks, cooling equipment, and power equipment, in a single package inside a container, so they can be built in a shorter time and at lower cost than building a typical data center, and expansion and relocation are also easy.
Hitachi Systems will now begin offering three standard models: a “high-load server model” for use with generative AI, a “server room model” for dedicated environments, and an “edge computing model” for carrier base stations.
This will enable customers to quickly and cost-effectively introduce data center environments tailored to their needs and applications, enabling them to rapidly advance initiatives aimed at expanding their business, such as the use of generative AI.
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The Hitachi Group has positioned data centers as one of its focus businesses, and aims to promote the green data center business that reduces the environmental impact by building a management system that operates and manages a variety of solutions, including renewable energy generation, transmission and storage technology and know-how, energy management, cooling equipment and other facilities, and IT infrastructure/services. For many years, the Hitachi Group has also been working in the field of modular data centers, with Hitachi Systems providing small, portable container-type data centers and Hitachi, Ltd. providing large, flexible container-type data centers, meeting a wide range of needs and accumulating a track record of implementation both domestically and overseas.
Recently, the demand for data centers is growing due to the increasing use of cloud computing and edge computing, caused by the global rise in the use of artificial intelligence and the expansion of communication infrastructure including mobile phones. However, in Japan, the labor shortage problem is becoming more serious in the construction and transportation industries, and even when building a general data center, it tends to take longer than usual, so containerized data centers are attracting attention.
SOURCE: PRTimes
