http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4759

Dell has been building custom designed servers for customers that are creating new data center architectures in an attempt to cut cooling costs.

Forrest Norrod, vice president and general manager data center solutions, said in an interview that Dell is custom designing gear for a handful of customers “willing to try different things.”

The effort is part of Dell’s “Cloud Computing Solution (CSS),” which was explained in a press release earlier this week. My initial thought about Dell’s release was that it was launching services much like Amazon has. However, Amazon is more likely a target customer for Dell. Dell isn’t offering cloud computing services to small companies, but targeting large firms who offer cloud-like IT services. In Dell’s case cloud computing the rough equivalent to utility computing.

Very cool, Dell seem to be making great efforts with their server offerings, it will be interesting to see what new technologies, configurations and processes come out of these efforts.