Based on Rackable Systems' award-winning Concentro modular data centre design - first deployed in March, 2007 - this newest generation of the Integrated Concentro Environment (ICE) features nearly 20% greater density levels, a broader choice of container sizes and configurability of Rackable Systems' Eco-Logical servers and storage, as well as more rapid production times. Customized and built-to-order, ICE Cube can be deployed with Rackable Systems' broad range of space-saving, half-depth servers and storage, including its new V Series line of virtualized servers. With advanced production capabilities, Rackable Systems can design, build and deliver a fully populated ICE Cube to customers in a matter of weeks.

"ICE Cube changes everything", stated Mark J. Barrenechea, president and CEO of Rackable Systems. "The data centre is now mobile and modular, achieving reductions in energy and facility costs by as much as 50%. And ICE Cube can dramatically reduce deployment times - enabling design to deployment of a fully-functional, built-to-order data center in a mere 90 days or less."

As a mobile, self-contained data center environment that can house up to 1400 of Rackable Systems' award-winning Eco-Logical rack-mount DC powered servers or storage systems, ICE Cube provides a fully customizable, energy efficient and flexible solution for any growing enterprise. It leverages Intel Xeon quad-core processors in Rackable Systems' half-depth servers and storage, enabling extremely high density per square foot. ICE Cube's unique, highly efficient cooling technology can reduce cooling and air handler power costs by up to 80% over traditional brick-and-mortar data center environments.

Well suited for a broad range of deployment scenarios - from military applications to disaster recovery scenarios to basic data centre expansion - ICE Cube provides tremendous flexibility for expansion to areas in which traditional data centre facilities are unavailable, cost prohibitive or cannot otherwise capitalize on alternative energy sources in remote locations. The ability to deploy ICE Cube rapidly and in any location helps enable business continuity, allowing for easy hardware migration and an expedited disaster recovery process.

"We continue to be thrilled with the broad and increasing levels of innovation that the Rackable Systems and Intel collaboration is bringing to next generation data centre design. The Intel Xeon processor is specifically designed for this type of energy efficient, high performance modular building block approach, and will help ICE Cube solve the significant density, power and cooling challenges that legacy data centres face today", stated Kirk Skaugen, vice president, Intel Digital Enterprise Group, general manager, Server Platforms Group.

Rackable Systems' innovative design breaks down geographic barriers to expansion, enabling units to be deployed in a building block approach - either augmenting existing data centre facilities or providing remote data centre sites, which can be efficiently managed at the server, rack and container level using Rackable Systems' Roamer remote management technology.