General Electric's Adrian Shankln, Global Data Center Manager, shows off one of the racks of new high density servers in GE's $48 million state-of-the-art data center -- one of the first in the world with LEED Platinum certification. This gallery includes photos from the grand opening on August 18, 2011 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Alan Kocsi, CIO of GE Appliances & Lighting, kicks off the program to officially open GE's new LEED Platinum data center in Louisville, Kentucky.
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
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Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: Jason Hiner | TechRepublic
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
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Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: General Electric
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
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Lance Weaver, CTO of GE Appliances & Lighting, scans his hand (and badge) before entering the "man trap," which only allows one person to enter the data center at a time, to prevent "tailgaiting" (someone politely holding the door for a potential intruder).
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: Jason Hiner | TechRepublic
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: General Electric
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: Jason Hiner | TechRepublic
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: General Electric
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: Jason Hiner | TechRepublic
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: General Electric
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: Jason Hiner | TechRepublic
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: Jason Hiner | TechRepublic
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: General Electric
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: General Electric
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: General Electric
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: Jason Hiner | TechRepublic
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: General Electric
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: General Electric
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: Jason Hiner | TechRepublic
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: General Electric
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: Jason Hiner | TechRepublic
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: General Electric
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: Jason Hiner | TechRepublic
Congressman John Yarmuth (left) and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer (center) get a rundown on the new data center from Jim Campbell, CEO of GE Appliances & Lighting.
Also read: GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center
Photo credit: Jason Hiner | TechRepublic