HP Flexible Data Center

{{Short description|Modular data centre}}

HP Flexible Data Center, also termed FlexDC, is a modular data center built from prefabricated components by Hewlett-Packard and introduced in 2010. It is housed in five large buildings that form the shape of a butterfly.{{cite news|publisher=Data Center Knowledge|title=HP Unveils 'Butterfly' Data Center Design|url=http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/07/27/hp-unveils-butterfly-data-center-design/|date=July 27, 2010 |first=Rich|last=Miller|accessdate=November 27, 2012}}{{cite news|title=HP's Flexible 'Butterfly' Data Center Prefabbed to Save Costs|url=http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2010/08/03/hps-flexible-butterfly-data-center-prefabbed-save-costs|publisher=Greenbiz|date=August 3, 2010|accessdate=November 27, 2012}} The Flexible DC looks like a traditional building, but it is fabricated off-site in order to circumvent the two years it often takes for traditional building construction. The building consists of a central admin area (the Core), surrounded by 1-4 data halls (the Quadrants).{{cite news|publisher=Network Computing|url=http://www.networkcomputing.com/data-center/hps-cookie-cutter-data-center-flexible-d/229501446?pgno=2|title=HP's Cookie Cutter Data Center: Flexible DC|first=Mike |last=Fratto|date=July 27, 2010|accessdate=November 27, 2012}} FDC offers cooling options that are optimal for each type of climate.{{cite news|url=http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/hp-expands-data-centre-ambitions-8653|newspaper=TechWeek (Europe)|date=July 27, 2010|title=HP Expands Data Centre Ambitions|first=Tom|last=Jowitt|accessdate=November 27, 2012}}

The FlexDC product line follows from HP's acquisition of [https://www.eypmcfinc.com EYP Mission Critical Facilities] in November 2007.{{Cite web|last=Morgan|first=Timothy Prickett|title=HP reinvents self as data center designer|url=https://www.theregister.com/2011/02/18/hp_cfi_data_center/|access-date=2020-12-07|website=www.theregister.com|language=en}} HP currently positions FlexDC at the top end of their modular datacenter product line (above their PODs, which are housed in shipping containers), up to 3.6MW in capacity per facility.http://www.connect-community.de/Events/Herbsttreffen2011/HP_Data-Center-Strategie.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}