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New data center approved

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in genomics, IT | 1 Comment »

The Genome Center recently received word that its grant proposal for a data center was approved (St. Louis Business Journal). The $14.3 million grant is funded by National Center for ... Read more..

Data Center in St. Louis Commerce Magazine

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 Posted in genomics, IT | 1 Comment »

There is a story about regional data centers in the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of St. Louis Commerce Magazine that includes a section on our Genome Data Center; the only regional ... Read more..

Expansion

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 Posted in IT | No Comments »

The Genome Data Center has received a Gold LEED Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. This is in addition to the Keystone Award from the St. Louis Association of ... Read more..

Yesterday’s news

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 Posted in genomics, IT | No Comments »

Well, I took a bit of a jab at St. Louis Magazine for being late to the party on reporting about the first cancer genome sequence, so it is only ... Read more..

Keystone award for data center

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in IT | No Comments »

The Genome Center's new Data Center Building won the prestigious (I'm told) Keystone Award for Project of the Year from the St. Louis Association of General Contractors. This award is ... Read more..

Estimating data center power

Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in IT | No Comments »

On a mailing list I am on, someone posted this question. Here's a slightly off topic question. My company is looking at doing some engineering for a computer data center. ... Read more..

Construction delays

Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Posted in genomics, IT | No Comments »

Here is another update on the progress of construction for the Genome Data Center. Below is a picture of our 2 MW generator. Unfortunately, we will not ... Read more..

Genome data center

Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in genomics, IT | 2 Comments »

The Genome Center (where I work) is building a new data center. With the avalanche of data that the next-generation sequencers, we need a significant expansion in computing and ... Read more..