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We may be underground, but we’re not under a rock. The word is out about Cavern.
The recent economic downturn has been a significant driver of outsourcing data-center-related resources, and colocation providers have benefited. By offering companies reduced costs compared to operating a full data center, along with security, redundancy, and other benefits, colocation is a middle-of-the-road option for companies looking to maintain some control over their servers and software. Although every company has its own reasons for colocating, the late-2008 Hosting.com survey indicates that several factors such as reliability and availability, performance and efficiency, and lower costs are some of the most-cited reasons. In addition, companies tend to look at bandwidth, security, and redundancy (among other considerations) as the most important criteria for choosing a colocation provider.
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Jeffrey Clark
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As business demands and energy costs for data centers rise, owners and operators have focused on the energy efficiency of the data center as a whole, frequently using energy efficiency metrics. However, the metrics are not always applied clearly and consistently. To address these inconsistencies, a group of leaders from across the industry met on January 13, 2010 to agree on data center energy efficiency measurements, metrics, and reporting conventions.
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A former mine built into the side of a dolomite mountain in the Ozarks will house backup data for thousands of financial institutions. Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), which provides IT automation and processes ATM and debit card transactions for 8,700 banks and credit unions, will house its backup data center in
Data Center Knowledge
Rich Miller
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Cavern Technologies, a leading underground developer, manager, and operator of mission
critical data center space solutions, has completed the American Institute of Certified Public
Accounts (AICPA) Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) examination for its data
center in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. This extensive examination was conducted by
Mayer Hoffman McCann, an Independent CPA Firm
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Since 2007, for example, Cavern Technologies has operated a data center 125 feet below ground in an abandoned limestone mine. The mined out area underground, which covers 3 million sq. feet, is 15 minutes outside of Kansas City, Mo. Unlike other mines, the Cavern facility was created with the idea of reuse in mind, so floor space isn't irregularly shaped like other underground facilities can be, says president John Clune. The area's relatively low electricity costs, at 3.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, help to make operating costs lower than those in other parts of the country, he adds.
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Robert L Mitchell
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Underground Data Center
Each suite at Cavern Technologies is completely private. That allows clients to enjoy basically an extension of their IT department, with plenty of room to work when on-site.
“We build them out to your spec,” explains Tom Zimmerman, Vice President of Network Infrastructure. “We give you a place to keep your tools, pull your tools out and work on them. You don't have to worry about other people coming in here. All dedicated to the client 100 percent.”
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Mark Clegg
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Although security is usually the primary motivation for customers, underground facilities offer advantages to the data center operator. Chief among them is cooling, as these subterranean facilities typically have a natural temperature of 60 degrees or lower.
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Rich Miller
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Carol Sliwa
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In The Boyd Companies’ latest study of the best locations for enterprise data centers,
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Rich Miller
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