Fortune Data Centers Earns LEED Gold Certification From U.S. Green ...

Greentech Media (Nov 6 2009) Construction , Servers

1. Fortune Data Centers, which provides premium efficiency data centers, announced today that the company has earned the prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its San Jose facility. The data center is among the largest in Silicon Valley with a power capacity to serve 8 megawatts of critical load for IT infrastructure and the first LEED Gold certified data center in San Jose. A review of industry sources suggests that there are fewer than five LEED Gold certified data centers operating in the United States, and Fortune believes its facility is the first multi-tenant data center to receive the LEED Gold Certification for 100% of the usable tenant space. LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. (Read Full Article)

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