October 1, 2007—The Green Grid, a non-profit consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems, recently announced a partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE), the formation of two European-based working groups, and the addition of more than fifty new members since April.
The announcements highlight The Green Grid’s growth as well as the organization’s interest in working with governmental and non-governmental agencies worldwide to help address data center and business computing ecosystems’ energy use, according to The Green Grid.
The Green Grid announced it will collaborate with the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to improve energy efficiency by educating IT managers on both the technical implementation of a greener data center and the associated financial benefits. The Green Grid and EERE will develop a common set of best practice information, terminology, and tools to promote increased energy efficiency in US data center facilities. The collaboration will provide IT managers with a jointly developed set of guidelines to help improve energy efficiency in their data centers.
The Green Grid also announced the formation of two new working groups designed to extend the organization’s presence in Europe and ensure that efforts are inclusive of regionally unique issues regarding data center energy efficiency. The new groups include a technically focused data collection and analysis working group as well as a working group focused on consortium communications within Europe.
In addition, The Green Grid announced that it has grown to 92 members since its launch in February 2007. More than 50 new members have been added since April 2007, including: 3M, Allstate, Angstrom Microsystems, Delta, Devon IT, Emerson Network Power, Evoswitch Netherlands B.V., Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH, GE Consumer and Industrial, Logicalis UK, nscglobal, PG&E, and Symantec Corporation.
