From the beginning, Aligned has been built on a cornerstone of innovation. Founded in 2013, Aligned became one of the first companies to offer a data center delivery model based on securing and expanding capacity as needed so that customers could pay only for the power they used. They also provided engineering expertise and deployed proprietary, modular heat removal systems that enabled customers to expand on demand without having to reconfigure existing infrastructure or access large CapEx investments.
Now twelve years later, the Aligned leadership team has 275-plus years of combined experience in building mission-critical infrastructure around the globe. While the needs of hyperscale and large enterprise customers and the communities in which they operate are continually evolving, the innovation, creativity, and operational maturity in Aligned’s DNA allows the company to anticipate and provide for these needs reliably and efficiently.
The Power of Integrated Innovation
Rather than looking at innovation in silos, Aligned views the concept of introducing new ideas and altering established practices through a wider aperture. That means looking beyond simply new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), incremental sustainability improvements in things like power and water usage, and even Aligned’s own proprietary systems. Instead, Aligned considers disruptive innovation across the entire business, from technology to financing to construction to operation to talent development to community engagement. In a competitive, rapidly growing sector of digital infrastructure, this integrated approach to innovation is a critical differentiator in being able to offer services that are both streamlined and customizable for any business anywhere.
Aligned With Flexibility
With unpredictable usage and exponential growth in technological performance and density requirements, high-performance data centers demand flexibility beyond current industry standards. Through Aligned’s ExpandOnDemandTM platform, customers can seamlessly pivot and scale to support shifting computing environments and future-proof their business—no matter the application, density requirement, or cooling solution. Likewise, with the support of Aligned’s award-winning air cooling technology, Delta3TM, customers can scale up to 50kW per rack without disruption. This intelligent infrastructure combined with incrementally scalable technology and a nimble, standardized supply chain enable Aligned to meet customer needs dynamically at a record-setting pace. Aligned’s liquid cooling solution, the DeltaFlow~, enables customers to scale to upwards of 350kW per rack, by integrating liquid cooling into existing air-cooled data halls seamlessly as well—for the ultimate in hybrid cooling flexibility. There’s zero downtime to make the move to liquid cooling, as this can be done in live data halls.
Aligned with Sustainability
Protecting and rejuvenating our planet isn’t just a passing trend, but a society-critical necessity. From introducing the first-ever green data center securitization and the first-ever sustainability-linked financing, Aligned was founded on the premise of solving the world’s toughest challenges associated with data center infrastructure, energy consumption, and water usage. In addition to Aligned’s adaptive data center platform that reduces environmental impact while lowering the total cost of ownership for customers, the company partners with a number of sustainability-focused organizations to drive decarbonization, support water conservation, and power the renewable energy transition.
Aligned with People
The path to success in both hyperscale and large enterprise and society at large involves being tapped into the needs of all stakeholders involved, from individuals to organizations to communities. Motivated by bringing game-changing advantages to people inside and outside the business, Aligned constantly seeks to develop and deploy innovative technologies, improve service delivery, effectively engage and upskill team members, and collaborate more productively with customers and partners. For example, when it comes to customers, the Aligned Insight platform delivers high-touch technical support and solutions while offering customers complete visibility and control over their computing environments. Likewise, when it comes to strengthening communities, Aligned draws on diverse and inclusive multi-level recruitment that spans secondary education, universities, and military veterans and targets brownfield sites for development in areas where new business and service opportunities could benefit historically disadvantaged neighborhoods and municipalities.
At Aligned, the idea of “innovate, disrupt, and repeat” is more than just a catchphrase: It’s an ethos that permeates everything they do.
