[BBLISA] datacenter for compute cluster?

[Jon Young]

> [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On Behalf Of Chris Palmer
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:03 PM
> To: bblisa at bblisa.org
> Subject: [BBLISA] datacenter for compute cluster?

> Anyone know of a good datacenter within 128 for a compute cluster?  I 
> don't need especially redundant internet links or power, just 
> someplace I can get to if there's an outage, and decent power/cooling.
> 
> Our computer cluster has outgrown our little was-an-office machine 
> room and needs cooler climes to survive the summer up and running.

Chris,
What kind of power density do you need?  That was the biggest issue when I
last researched this (~ 2yrs ago) and I found that very few local
datacenters can handle more than 30A at 110V or 40A at 220V/rack (yes, I realize
they think in W/sqft but it is sometimes easier to think in terms of
electrical utilization).  I found it too expensive to Colo our compute
cluster and much more cost effective to simply build out a new datacenter
room with proper A/C.  I know of others with similar issues and, while some
are using (and hating) colos for this, most find it much more cost effective
for compute clusters to remain at the office.

Jon