General Motors unveiled a $130-million enterprise data center this week that will serve as the computing "backbone" for the company's different global operations.
The center has been called the capstone of GM's efforts as the company transitions its IT operations to help GM work "smarter" and "faster" from design studio, to the factory and then finally on the showroom floor.
The Technical Center is located in Detroit and is the first of two planned Technology Operations and Command centers according to a company press release. The two centers will "integrate" all aspects of product development, marketing, sales, and OnStar applications.
"Having a single nerve center for our global operations will get newer vehicle designs and technologies into our customers' hands quicker and improve the bottom line," said GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson at the unveiling. "IT is back home where it should be, and it further drives unnecessary complexity from our businesses while improving our operational efficiency and better supporting our business strategy."
The 5,040-square-foot facility has 48 different work stations and a 955-square-foot video wall composed of 28 screens that monitor data use across operations around the clock according to GM.
The data center and a companion data center at the Milford Proving Ground are part of a previously announced plan to "transform" GM's global IT footprint from 23 facilities to two by 2015. Construction of the $100 million data center expansion in Milford will begin this summer according to GM.
"Our data center consolidation is just one of the initiatives driving the transformation of GM's business," said Randy Mott, GM vice president and CIO. "It's part of an overarching strategy to transform not only information technology but also allow GM's business operations to be more responsive to our customers, quicker to market and deliver on our objectives to shareholders."
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