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ICTroom wins 2016 European Frost & Sullivan Award for highly flexible Integrated Modular Data Centre (IMD)
April 2016 by Coline Magne
Based on its recent analysis of the modular data centre market, Frost & Sullivan recognises ICTroom with the 2016 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy Leadership. ICTroom has carved a niche for itself in the modular data centre space by positioning itself as an integrator with outstanding technological expertise. The company has a wide range of products that are rich in value-added features and highly customisable. It recently launched a slew of products, among which the IMD250 stands out for its groundbreaking flexibility.
ICTroom’s Integrated Modular Data Centre (IMD) portfolio employs a common platform for its products, wherein a number of solutions can be created using a standard toolkit of components. The IMD is a combination of three independent modules: an IT module, a power distribution module, and a primary power module. The IT module comprises the data floor and cooling infrastructure. The company provides a range of cooling options including mechanical, free-air, and indirect ventilation (ait-to-air). Its power distribution module consists of reliable, transparent, and fully concurrent maintainable switchgear systems, as well as scalable, efficient, and redundant UPS systems. Its primary power module has high-quality transformers and dedicated generators for each module.
In 2016, ICTroom addressed the market for different footprints by launching three new product lines: the IMD50, IMD250, and IMD1000. These solutions allow the company to cater to all data centre applications — whether a small, point solution for a few racks inside an office or on the roof of a hospital, or a planned multi-megawatt site.
ICTroom’s key differentiating factor is that it is a specialist integrator rather than a manufacturer. This gives the company access to cutting-edge technologies across the value chain and the ability to employ the best of breed components in its products.
The company has gone a step ahead of its competitors in presenting data centre as a service (DCaaS), whereby it delivers a turnkey, dedicated data centre through an operational expenditure (OPEX) model. The company undertakes all activities, from land purchase/lease and construction using the IMD platform to operation under a long-term (10- to15-year) arrangement.
The IMD range is fully weatherproof with integrated security and monitoring that can be deployed as a stand-alone or greenfield solution. It also can be deployed in suitable existing buildings.
