- Pittsburgh data center
will accelerate Ardent's colocation offering in the United States
- 41,000 square foot building being upgraded with the latest
liquid cooling technology to allow for increased energy capacity
from 5MW to 20MW
FRANKFURT, Germany, May 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Northern Data Group's cutting-edge colocation
provider, Ardent Data Centers, today announces it has broken ground
on construction at its Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania data center site, following its acquisition in
January 2024. The site is being
retrofitted into a cutting-edge, high-density data center
environment, purpose-built to power the next generation of High
Performance Computing.
With the engineering review complete, the upgrade of the
7.5-acre site has begun; retrofitting the 41,000 square foot
building with the latest liquid cooling technology to allow for
additional power and maximized energy capacity. Pittsburgh is strategically located with
access to the entire Eastern Seaboard, with under 10ms latency to
major US eastern hubs. The upgrade is due to complete by Q4 2024.
The site will have an immediate capacity of 5MW, with plans to
upgrade to 20MW in the future.
Pittsburgh is a favorable
location to support Ardent Data Center's expansion, with supportive
local stakeholders. It also has access to an abundance of clean
energy from hydroelectric and wind sources. This is aligned to
Ardent Data Center's long-term strategy as it continues to pioneer
efficient data center environments that give data-intensive
organizations optimized performance and availability in the most
sustainable way.
This site will be the latest advancement of Northern Data
Group's strategy to expand Ardent Data Center's global footprint
and bring high-density, liquid cooled solutions to the market,
providing colocation services for compute power across the United States and Europe.
Aroosh Thillainathan, Founder and CEO, Northern Data Group,
commented:
"The continued progress that our Ardent team
is making supports Northern Data Group in providing the
infrastructure required to fully capitalize on the HPC market.
Powering the next generation of HPC innovation is central to our
strategy, and scaling the Group's portfolio of data centers through
Ardent is core to realizing this ambition.
These upgrades are an important
step as we continue to deliver on our vision for Ardent to become
the global operational leader of next-generational high-density and
high-performance compute data center solutions."
Corey Needles, Managing
Director, Ardent Data Centers, commented:
"The Pittsburgh site represents an important next
step in the expansion of our portfolio, and I'm delighted to update
on our progress as we upgrade the data center at pace. Pittsburgh's location offers multiple benefits
for our colocation offering, aligning to our long-term strategy to
pioneer efficient data center environments, purpose built with
high-density, liquid cooling solutions".
About Northern Data Group:
Northern Data Group (ETR: NB2) is a leading provider
of High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions to businesses and
research institutions, utilizing GPU- and ASIC-based solutions. Our
flexible compute power fuels innovation in our three core business
platforms: Taiga Cloud, Ardent Data
Centers, and Peak Mining. Through our HPC solutions, we pioneer
ambitious computing innovation that drives progress in the AI, ML
and Generative AI industries. Our close collaboration with
industry-leading manufacturers including Gigabyte, AMD, and NVIDIA
is fundamental to the acceleration of innovation across sectors
including life sciences, financial services, and energy.
About Ardent Data Centers:
Ardent Data Centers, a Northern Data Group platform,
provides future-ready data centers which are purpose built to power
the next generation of High Performance Computing (HPC). We house
the industry's latest chips, combined with the latest liquid
cooling systems to offer more power and better availability of on
demand, compute-as-a-service infrastructure. With a proven track
record of designing and operating high performance data centers for
over twenty-five years, we're pioneering a new era of efficiency,
delivering greater performance, density, and
availability.
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