The Containerized Data Center Boom: How “Data Centers in a Box” Are Revolutionizing IT (Market to Hit $43B by 2030)
What Are Containerized Data Centers? Containerized data centers – often dubbed “data centers in a box” – are modular data center solutions built inside standardized shipping containers or similar portable structures. In practice, this means all the typical infrastructure of a data center (server racks, networking gear, power distribution units, cooling systems, fire suppression, security systems, etc.) is pre-installed inside a metal container at the factory statetechmagazine.com. The entire unit is delivered as a turnkey product to the customer’s site, where it only needs power, network, and cooling hookups to go live. This concept dates back to the mid-2000s. Notably,
