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Video: Supercomputing and Research Technologies in the new Indiana University Data Center

The Indiana University Data Center is a $32.7 million facility designed to ensure the safety and security of IU's most prized networking, computer processing and data storage equipment.

November 4, 2009

 
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Encompassing 82,700 gross square feet, including three 11,000-square-foot computer equipment rooms the IU Data Center was designed to withstand flooding, power outages or an F5 tornado. 

The new facility is the largest data center among higher education institutions in the state of Indiana, and among the largest regionally.  The Data Center will protect computers, servers and data storage units holding more than 2.8 petabytes of information, computer processing and data storage equipment.

For more information about the Indiana University Data Center, visit:
http://it.iu.edu/datacenter/

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