QCT (Quanta Cloud Technology)


QCT is a provider of data center hardware and cloud solutions that are used by hyperscale data center operators, such as Facebook and Rackspace.
In conjunction with its parent company, Quanta Computer, QCT sells approximately one out of every seven server manufactured in the world.
QCT is an early contributor to the Open Compute Project, a non-profit organization launched by Facebook engineers to open source the designs of data center products. QCT manufactured the Facebook servers that were among the first designs under the project.
In addition to its headquarters in Taoyuan, Taiwan, QCT has offices in San Jose, Seattle, Beijing, Hangzhou and Tokyo.

History

QCT is a US subsidiary of Quanta Computer and was established in May 2012 to manufacture servers for end users. In the course of 2012 QCT also added storage hardware and networking switches to its portfolio and became a hardware provider in the cloud market. In 2013 QCT added rack systems to its product portfolio. In 2015 QCT partnered with software vendors to offer software-defined, hyper-converged infrastructure solutions for a variety of cloud environments: public, private and hybrid.

Research

In 2004
In 2012 QCT became an early contributor to the Open Compute Project. As an OCP solution provider, QCT designs, builds and delivers OCP servers for data centers.

Data centres

In 2015 QCT opened two Cloud Solutions Centers to demonstrate hyper-converged software and hyperscale hardware. In April 2015, QCT a Cloud Solution Center in Taiwan; in October 2015, it opened one in Fremont, California.

Leadership

Mike Yang serves as general manager of QCT.

Recognition

QCT received the Editors’ Choice Award: Top 5 Vendors to Watch in 2014 in HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

Locations/Facilities

United States