Consonus Debunks Green Data Center Myth With Impressive PUE Rating For 15-Year-Old Facility

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1. Consonus Technologies, Inc. recently announced the latest Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) score for their West Data Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 15-year-old facility achieved an impressive PUE rating -- a product of energy efficiency efforts implemented by Consonus over the past year. The industry average is typically between 2.0 and 2.2; Consonus' West Data Center PUE score was considerably lower at 1.35. Developed by The Green Grid, a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems, PUE is a measure of how efficiently a computer data center uses its power, specifically, the total load required to operate the IT systems plus support systems such as power distribution, humidification, and cooling. The lower the PUE level, the more energy efficient the data center. (Read Full Article)

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