July 30, 2007—Western Digital Corp. (WD) has announced a new, environmentally friendly GreenPower family of WD desktop, enterprise, CE, and external hard drive products. The new GreenPower (GP) family will ship in capacities from 320 gigabytes (GB) to one terabyte (TB), and will save up to 40% in hard drive power consumption, or as much as $10 per drive per year, claims WD.
Based on extensive customer input toward supporting ENERGY STAR 4.0 compliance and incorporating the latest in engineering technology, WD says it has delivered the first 3.5-inch hard drive platform designed with power savings as the primary attribute.
According to WD, the GreenPower Platform is designed with power savings as the primary attribute. GreenPower drives from WD deliver exceptional power conservation, ultra-cool, quiet operation, and solid performance.
The initial drive that will take advantage of WD’s new GreenPower technology is the WD Caviar GP. The WD Caviar GP 1 TB hard drive will first ship in July in the My Book range of storage appliances, with 1 TB desktop channel shipments following in August 2007. GreenPower versions of WD RE enterprise drives and WD AV consumer electronics drives will ship in volume within calendar Q3, says the company.
For more information on WD’s new GP hard drive family, visit the WD GreenPower Web page.
