IBM Data Centres Get Green Kudos From EU

TechWeekEurope UK (Jan 10 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Servers

1. Computing giant, IBM has been recognised by the European Commission for the energy efficiency of its European data centres. Twenty-seven of IBM’s European data centres have been recognised by the EU, as comlpying with the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres, a voluntary best-practice guide to making data centres which use energy efficiently and have a reduced carbon footprint. IBM Greens Europe “The awarded 27 IBM Green Data Centres represent over 70 percent of IBM’s strategic outsourcing data centres in 15 European countries. The energy improvements implemented in these data centres helped IBM meet a goal to double their IT capacity within three years without increasing their power consumption,” said a statement by IBM. The European Commission, which sets the benchmark for the assessment, is working to inform and encourage data centre operators and owners to reduce energy consumption in a cost-effective manner without decreasing mission critical ... (Read Full Article)

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