What Data Center Designers Can Learn From Legos

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 7, 2009 @01:27AM from the my-20-month-old-could-teach-them dept.

1sockchuck writes "It takes most companies at least a year to build a new data center. Digital Realty Trust says it can build a new data center in just 20 weeks using standard designs and modular components that can be assembled on site. The company equates its 'building blocks' approach to data centers to building with Legos — albeit with customized parts (i.e. the Millennium Falcon Lego kit). Microsoft is taking a similar approach, packaging generators, switchgear and UPS units into pre-assembled components for rapid assembly. Is this the future of data center design?"

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Re:lego in the plural by clone53421 · 2009-05-07 05:24 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Actually if you read the post you replied to they were saying that things like "band-aids" is fine since you can have a band-aid
No... "Band-Aid" is a trademark, just like LEGO. Widespread use of the term as a common noun notwithstanding, it is actually a proper adjective when used to describe an adhesive bandage.

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