Microsoft Azure recently announced a brand new design for modular, portable data centers. Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing service. Azure is utilized by major corporations, such as Boeing, Samsung, and eBay. The Azure Modular Data Center, or MDC, is designed to work pretty much anywhere. This includes nontraditional places where cloud computing wouldn’t have been …
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Have you ever wondered what exactly happens to a shipping container after the forwarding company picks it up? Probably not. It’s quite an exciting journey. Continue reading to find out more about the journey of the shipping container. The Journey A forwarding company first picks up the shipping container. It is then loaded onto the …
Many people in Orange County go hungry. It’s just an unfortunate fact of life. However, what’s even more unfortunate is that an excessive amount of food goes to waste while all these people go hungry. Many restaurants and grocery stores simply throw away their food when it gets close to expiration when there are so …
Refrigerated Shipping Container for Food Storage Unveiled in Orange CountyRead More »
Have you ever wondered what happens when a cargo company is finished using a container? Well, instead of just sitting somewhere collecting dust, some of those containers are put to excellent use. Most of today’s shipping containers come in several sizes, ranging from 10’, 20’, and 40’ lengths. That’s a lot of space to work …
Shipping containers are typically used to ship items across oceans. However, they are now commonly being used for shelter as well. Many communities are accepting the idea of utilizing shipping containers as homes. For one community in Oregon City, Oregon (just about a half-hour outside of Portland), three homes made out of shipping containers are …
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Containerwerk, a building startup, is turning old shipping containers into 21 micro-apartments. These micro-apartments will be available to visitors of the town of Wertheim, Germany. The apartments are called “My Home,” and each apartment is built out of a retired storage container. The containers are situated in groups of 3 and a layer of timber …
Not everyone gets a second chance after going to prison. However, for Hayden Lee Jessop, that second chance was a possibility. He’s now using his second chance to benefit others. He now makes homes for homeless drug addicts out of old shipping containers. Hayden Lee Jessop Hayden Lee Jessop is a father of two. He …
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Las Vegas welcomed a new kind of housing village – where the houses are made out of abandoned shipping containers. Re-purposing the containers provides affordable homes for the veterans as well as a sense of community. The repurposed storage containers are located in Share Village, better known as Veterans Village. Arnold Stalk, the founder, says …
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Storage containers are used to carry cargo across the country and across the ocean. They are built tough enough to withstand extreme weather and to hold their cargo no matter if they are connected to a truck, hitched to a train, or stacked on a ship. They are built to last. So, what happens to …
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