Modular, containerized data centers being sold by vendors such as IBM, Sun and Rackable Systems fit storage and hundreds — sometimes thousands — of servers into one large shipping container ...

Microsoft Azure just announced a new design for modular, portable data centers. Azure is the company's cloud computing service, used by big names including Boeing, eBay, and Samsung.

IBM's Portable Modular Data Center is a data center is a shipping container. IBM It's part of Project Big Green, an initiative launched last year to make back-end computing less energy intensive.

IBM’s portable modular data centers (PMDCs) come in six standard designs, mostly configured for a 20-foot container, but 40-foot and 53-foot systems are available as well.

Recognizing the benefits of going modular, numerous manufacturers have begun offering such products, including the Cisco Containerized Data Center, HP’s Flexible Data Center and IBM’s Portable Modular ...

Interest in modular data centers is growing, fueled by high-profile endorsements from Microsoft and Google. But the model raises new management concerns, and efficiency claims may be exaggerated.

IBM has added portable modular data centers to its long list of products and services. Eighteen months after it quietly released them into the market for testing and production use, IBM announced ...