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Photos: IBM's flat-pack data centre
Bringing in blades and tidying cables

By Gemma Simpson

Published: Friday 25 May 2007

Along each aisle of the data centre, two rows of racks face one another. The main corridor between them is enclosed and cooled with an air conditioning unit.

Chris Scott, IBM's site and facilities service product line leader, said the air flow in the 'cool aisle' moves the colder air where it is needed most - at the front of the servers.

Around 2,100 blade servers can fit into the data centre.

Scott said a traditional data centre would struggle to house this number of blade servers and keep them cool.

Photo credit: Gemma Simpson