EvoSwitch - Data Center EvoSwitch Named Energy-Efficient Example by German Environment Ministry

Store this angel in big sizeReport shows 11 ‘best practices’ for blooming abstracts centers worldwide

Amsterdam, February 3, 2009 – The German Federal Environment Ministry has just afresh appear a address with ‘best-practices’ in the across of blooming data-center initiatives in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Among the eleven energy-efficient abstracts centers common declared in the address is EvoSwitch, the Dutch carrier-neutral abstracts centermost with its CO2-neutral operations.

The German Federal Environment Ministry able the address with ‘the world’s best practices’ based on analysis by the Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability. The address is advised as an account and allurement for added advice technology and abstracts centermost managers, as able-bodied as suppliers of abstracts centermost equipment, to crop amusing albatross for activity use in abstracts centers. Available in German and English, the address not alone targets Germany, but is aswell advised for administration in ‘Brussels’.

Data Center Germany
“Energy use by servers and abstracts centers in Germany was 10.1 TWh in 2008,” says Federal Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel in the beginning of the report. “That’s alert as abundant as in 2000. Unless we crop added measures in abstracts centers, Germany can apprehend to see a abundant access in CO2 emissions. However, if abstracts centers would chase the archetype of these avant-garde abstracts centers, Germany abandoned would be able to abate its ability burning by a absolute of 25.8 TWh until 2013, and appropriately abate its CO2 emissions by 15.3 actor bags and accomplish a absolute amount accumulation of 3.5 billion euros.”

‘EvoSwitch appreciably energy-efficient’
The address describes the technologies that in 2008 enabled EvoSwitch to accomplish a PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) amount of 1.6, or an activity accumulation of 40 percent compared to acceptable abstracts centers. In fact, the near-term ambition is to accomplish a PUE of 1.3 to 1.2, or an activity accumulation of 70 to 80 percent compared to acceptable abstracts centers. “A appreciably able aftereffect for such a ample abstracts center,” say the advisers of Borderstep.

To download the complete (40-page English adaptation of the) address by The German Federal Environment Ministry, bang here:
www.borderstep.de/details.php?menue=60&subid=62&projektid...

EvoSwitch
EvoSwitch (www.evoswitch.com) is a carrier-neutral, blooming abstracts Center (CO2-neutral). The abstracts centermost is actual activity able and has a PUE of 1.6 with a near-term ambition of 1.2. EvoSwitch is amid in the Amsterdam region, has acceptable access and a ample attic across of added than 9,000 m2. EvoSwitch is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified. To barter this agency that their IT basement aural EvoSwitch is adequate according to the accomplished standards. The abstracts centermost has a absolute accommodation of 20 Megawatt. This ability accommodation enables EvoSwitch to agreement barter that there is consistently abundant activity available. EvoSwitch operates absolutely climate-neutral. In cooperation with the Climate Neutral Group the abstracts centermost invests in common projects to restore the CO2 antithesis in the atmosphere
(www.climateneutralgroup.com). Companies that install their accessories in the EvoSwitch abstracts centermost can use the logos of the The Green Fan Partner Programme (www.thegreenfan.com) on their web sites to appearance that they use a climate-neutral abstracts center.

EvoSwitch
Koen Stegeman
+31 (0)6 – 30491407
press.nl@evoswitch.com