GE Thumbs Its Nose at Outsourcing, Builds World-Class Data Center

At a time when more and more companies are rethinking IT and considering how much of their data center they can outsource to the cloud, General Electric is going 180 degrees in the opposite direction. On Thursday, GE unveiled its new state-of-the-art “green” data center on the same site in where the world’s first commercial computer was deployed in 1954.

The new data center was conceived and architected by GE’s internal IT department (along with a few strategic partners) at GE Appliances & Lighting in Louisville, Kentucky. The data center itself is located within the massive complex known as “GE Appliance Park.” Interestingly enough, the site has a distinguished history for IT innovation. In 1954, the Louisville GE complex became home to the first UNIVAC computer that was deployed in a private business. Before that UNIVAC at GE in Louisville, all computers had been part of government projects. That first UNIVAC was used to run a single business application: employee payroll.   To continue reading about GE’s new data center, click here.   About GE
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