So You’re Building a “Green” Data Center”

By Jack Pouchet on April 26, 2011 1 Comment aperture, avocent, BREEAM, carbon usage effectiveness, cooling, CUE, dcim, Embedded Energy, emerson network power, energy efficiency, Green Computing, green data center, green grid, HVAC, IT asset utilization, jack pouchet, liebert, material recycling ratio, MRR, operational efficiency, power, Power Usage Effectiveness, PUE, recycling program, sustainability, USGBC LEED, water usage effectiveness, WUE, zero-waste

Building a green data center is a challenging undertaking; it is also one that is poorly understood and that can fail in many ways. This post goes into some of the deeper level goals that need to be kept in focus if the project is going to be a success.