EPA Data Center Cuts Waste, Finds Savings

Triple Pundit (Nov 12 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

1. The Green Grid, an IT industry consortium that is studying and seeking to standardize metrics, processes, methods and new technologies to make data centers more energy efficient, partnered last year with the Environmental Protection Agency in an effort to assess the energy consumption at typical small to mid-sized data centers, set in motion energy-saving measures, and then develop a set of recommendations for energy efficiency improvements. In the study, the EPA acted as the guinea pig—the study centered on its data center located at One Potomac Yard near Washington, DC. By making a number of changes—many of them simple and requiring little capital, the center was able to increase its energy efficiency by 20 percent. The steps will also save the center $15,000 per year in energy costs. (Read Full Article)

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