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Data Centre on Demand (DCoD) is an easy way to provide more data centre capacity in a scalable, environmentally friendly and cost efficient way.

The solution was recently deployed by a non-profit, state-owned company tasked with promoting the operational framework of Finnish research, education, culture and administration, Finland-based CSC – IT Centre for Science Ltd.

CSC has an obligation to provide its growing customer base with competitive computing resources for research.

To quickly meet the increasing customer needs for data centre capacity, CSC deployed DCoD modular, purpose-built data centre solution from CommScope.

Once CSC placed the order, the DCoD was delivered in approximately 16 weeks to begin installation at its site in Kajaani.

Assembly and acceptance testing was completed within two weeks. CSC deployed its first CommScope modular data centre in 2012, adding a second at the end of 2014. CSC IT platforms director, Tero Tuononen, said its customer base is growing and their requirements are changing.

“CSC needed to expand its existing modular data centre facility in a way that could meet its unique requirements of fitting within a certain budget, a short time to deployment and feature a robust design that would withstand Finland’s harshest temperatures,” he said.

 “The new modular data centre concept from CommScope fits nicely into our portfolio.”

Compared to a traditional bricks and mortar centre, the DCoD solution delivers significantly reduced energy consumption and costs. It greatly offsets the extensive energy required for typical data centre chillers, according to Ciaran Forde, vice president of global data centre solutions at CommScope.

While the average PUE for a typical data centre varies from 1.8 to 2.9, the DCoD installation at CSC averages 1.03 to 1.06. This is all the more significant, noting summer-winter temperature swings from +30°C to -35°C.