Technology Magazine June 2021 | Page 268

Supporting Edge and Hyperscale customers with a full stack offering for a modular approach to design , customisation , manufacture and installation
TAS ENERGY

Supporting Edge and Hyperscale customers with a full stack offering for a modular approach to design , customisation , manufacture and installation

TAS Energy boasts more than two decades experience in off-site construction , delivering efficient , modular systems utilised in power and utility applications across the globe . When the company ’ s CEO JT Grumski joined the company in 2013 , TAS began to focus more on manufacturing products for the data center / networks industry .

“ I was inspired to join TAS energy because I could see a huge opportunity ,” recalls Ron Mann , Vice President of Engineering at TAS Energy . “ The data center space was one of the last vestiges for innovation that ' s ripe for disruption . If you look at traditional approaches to data center construction , they are becoming a lot harder to design and support based on where the IT ' s going .
“ Modular is a big part of that going forward , whether it be at the Edge in support of IoT or the rise of 5G . Because of this changing technology landscape , it ’ s not a matter of if the data center industry is going to change , but a matter of when and who ' s going to lead it . TAS is in a great position to help inspire efforts at innovation .”
Integrating modular fabrication with innovation “ During my time working for HP it became apparent that advances in IT cannot always be supported by traditional construction techniques ; things like smaller U compute form factors leading to higher density components and rack systems ,” notes Mann . “ In the modular
Ron Mann
Vice President Engineering , TAS Energy
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