NetApp’s North Carolina facility earns first Energy Star for data centers

DatacenterDynamics (Jul 15 2010)

1. Storage vendor NetApp announced Wednesday that its data center in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park became first to receive the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star label under the agency’s new rating system for energy efficient data centers. The EPA launched Energy Star for data centers in June. The system rates data center energy efficiency on a 0-100 scale and facilities in the top 25 percent receive the Energy Star label, much like the agency’s Energy Star program for other types of buildings and equipment. The EPA rates data center energy efficiency based on the Green Grid’s Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) ratio. According to a NetApp news release, its RTP facility scored 99 on EPA’s scale. “Improving the energy efficiency of our nation's buildings is critical to protecting our environment,” Jean Lupinacci, chief of the Energy Star Commercial and Industrial Branch, said in ... (Read Full Article)

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