POD Architecture 2.0®
Ready Before You Are!TM
Support for Your Evolving Requirements
Your data center requirements continue to evolve. You want faster availability with the flexibility to support your unique requirements. Digital Realty’s POD Architecture 2.0 provides the platform necessary to address these needs by extending the concept of modularity beyond limited alternatives such as containers and pre-fabricated data centers. Forged from the combination of new process capabilities derived from innovations in contemporary construction methods, POD Architecture 2.0 accelerates data center delivery schedules through the introduction of off-site manufacturing into the build-out equation.
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POD Architecture 2.0®
Data Center Solutions
Ready Before You Are
Building your datacenter's electrical and mechanical systems represent the longest critical path items of the development process. By constructing each of these elements in our off-site factory and shipping them to your site when they are needed, Digital Realty is able to build out your new data center in as little as 12 weeks* to ensure the site is available in advance of your network.
Flexibility to Meet Your Requirements
Raised floor or no raised floor, chilled water cooling or outside air, POD Architecture 2.0 differs
from competing offerings as electrical and mechanical components are built,
pre-tested and held in inventory to support the multiple space, redundancy and cooling options
you may require.Each component is built and pre-wired on a transportable skid and shipped
to your site for final assemly. Critical components are shipped to your site for final assembly
A Reliable Design with Options
Based on a reliably robust design, POD Architecture 2.0 ® offers you the ability to customize the level of redundancy based on your requirements. Whether you want your electrical and mechanical redundancy to be N, N+1, or 2N, POD Architecture 2.0 offers you an option to meet your needs.
Digital Realty pre-builds and inventories multiple configuration options to enable you to get the datacenter you need
A Superior Modular Solution
Many data center companies claim to offer you a modular solution as long as it conforms to their specific
requirements. Digital Realty’s POD Architecture 2.0 has been developed with your needs
in mind. Rather than limiting your alternatives, POD Architecture 2.0's true modular design enables you to
select the options you need from our inventory of factory built offerings and have them delivered and
assembled on site when you need them. At Digital Realty we deliver the solution you need, not the
one that happens to fit our design.
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COMPETING "MODULAR" ARCHITECTURES |
POD ARCHITECTURE 2.0 ® |
Standard 2N Architecture |
N+1 (Fixed) |
YES |
Multi-Story Support |
No |
YES |
Raised and Non-Raised Floor Support |
No (Fixed) |
YES |
12 Week Ready Before You Are Availability* |
No |
YES |
Multiple Cooling Options |
No |
YES |
Container Support |
No** |
YES |
**In non-container facilities
POD Architecture 2.0's true modular design delivers customers a vast array of flexibility.
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