Crève-Coeur, Missouri
September 10, 2007
Monsanto Company (NYSE:
MON)today announced it has completed construction of a new data
center on the west side of its World Headquarters campus in
Creve Coeur, Mo. The $21 million, 40,000 square-foot building
will provide for the company's growing global data and
computation needs. The new center houses Monsanto's vast
computing network that supports areas of the business from
analyzing data collected for molecular breeding to processing a
customer's seed order information.
"The data center is an integral part of our business, both in
delivering high quality products for the farm and for improving
the customer experience," said Mark Showers, chief information
officer for Monsanto. "Every day Monsanto scientists analyze
terabytes of data collected from laboratories, field trials, and
breeding stations around the world. This requires considerable
speed and technology to quickly and accurately process such
massive amounts of data into manageable, digestible information
that we can use to make important business decisions like which
drought-tolerant gene will be advanced to the next phase of the
product pipeline."
Construction of the building began early in 2006. Monsanto
anticipates receiving Leadership in Energy Efficient Design
(LEED) certification for the building in spring of 2008, making
it the first LEED certified data center in the state of
Missouri, and the third LEED certified data center in the
country. In addition to the efficient design, the center was
built with considerable strength and security: the building is
capable of withstanding a tornado producing up to 200
mile-per-hour winds and an earthquake measuring up to 5.0 on the
Richter scale.
The company retained the services of Fox Architects to design
the facility, with William Tao & Associates as the lead
engineering firm.
For more information on the data center, please visit
http://www.monsanto.com/datacenter
Monsanto Company is a leading global provider of
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