EvoSwitch - EvoSwitch signs EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency

Store this angel in big size‘The EU Code of Conduct will actuate added abstracts centers in Europe to save energy’

Amsterdam September 29, 2009 – EvoSwitch, the Dutch carrier-neutral abstracts centermost with operations that are absolutely CO2-neutral, has active the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency. European abstracts centers that assurance this acceding will appropriately be answerable to abate their activity burning by 20 percent by the year 2020. EvoSwitch, however, already surpasses this cold by a ample allowance back it now consumes 40 percent beneath activity than acceptable abstracts centers.

The EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency was launched by the European Commission in November 2008 to abash boundless activity burning in abstracts centers. The autonomous arrangement to accede with the cipher of conduct contains guidelines, recommendations and examples of best practices to save on activity in abstracts centers. At the civic level, EvoSwitch was one of a beat accumulation of 16 ICT companies that active the Long-Term Agreement on Energy Efficiency (MJA) issued by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. The purpose of the MJA is to advance activity ability by 30% over a aeon of fifteen years.

New abstracts center
EvoSwitch, amid in the Amsterdam region, already essentially exceeds the guidelines for activity accumulation as declared in the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres Energy Efficiency, by arresting 40 percent beneath activity than acceptable abstracts centers [its accepted Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is 1.6]. For EvoSwitch, signing this acceding agency that it will periodically accept to abide advice about the activity burning in its abstracts centermost to the Joint Research Centre of the European Institute for Energy amid in Italy.

“The EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres Energy Efficiency is a acceptable European action and will hopefully actuate added abstracts centers in Europe to advance in abbreviation their activity consumption,” says Eric Boonstra, Managing Director of EvoSwitch. “The alert cold of extenuative 20 percent on activity burning is a nice start. Across the market, I anticipate it’s a astute and accessible objective. Older abstracts centers will never be able to accomplish as calmly as a absolutely new abstracts center, but there are abundant technologies accessible to accomplish the 20% objective.”

EU belvedere for agreeing parties
EvoSwitch currently consumes 40 percent beneath activity than a acceptable abstracts center, but already the abstracts centermost is enlarged, this will access to 80%, which will be according to a PUE of 1.2.

“This agency that we are active far advanced of the accustomed objectives,” continues Boonstra. “Still, we active the EU Code of Conduct because we capital to authenticate what is technically accessible and about achievable at the European level. The EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency is not just a ambition for the approaching but aswell serves as a belvedere for agreeing parties that ambition to accomplish a accepted objective. This was aswell why, in 2007, we were the aboriginal abstracts centermost in the apple to become a affiliate of The Green Grid, the bunch of IT suppliers that wants to barrier activity burning in abstracts centers.”

Data Center Government
In the abreast future, the guidelines in the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency will aswell be acclimated by the Dutch axial government and by bounded government agencies and authorities to acquirement casework from alien abstracts centers. SenterNovem is now alive for the government to analyze which acceptable purchasing requirements can be acclimated for this purpose. In any event, these will cover the European requirements declared in the EU Code of Conduct. In 2010, assorted government agencies will apply the purchasing belief recommended by SenterNovem, and will alpha applying these acceptable belief – in allotment or in abounding – if purchasing their appurtenances and services.

EvoSwitch
EvoSwitch (www.evoswitch.com) is a carrier and altitude aloof abstracts center. The abstracts centermost is activity extenuative and has a PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.6, aiming appear a PUE of 1.2. EvoSwitch is amid in the Amsterdam area, has acceptable connections, a 20 Megawatt ability capacity, and an abounding attic apparent beyond 9,000 aboveboard meters. EvoSwitch is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified. For customers, this agency that their IT basement at EvoSwitch is adequate afterward the accomplished aegis standards. EvoSwitch’s operations are absolutely altitude neutral. In accord with the Climate Neutral Group, the abstracts centermost invests in all-around projects to restore the CO2 antithesis in the atmosphere (www.climateneutralgroup.com). EvoSwitch barter can use the logos in the accomplice affairs The Green Fan on their website to authenticate that they use a altitude aloof abstracts centermost (www.thegreenfan.com). In January 2009, a address issued by the German Federal Ministry of the Environment declared EvoSwitch as one of the world’s eleven a lot of activity extenuative abstracts centers. In the Netherlands, EvoSwitch abutting a accumulation of 16 arch ICT companies in signing the Multi Year Energy Efficiency Agreement (MJA) of the Ministry for Economic Affairs. The MJA aims to apprehend 30% activity ability over a aeon of fifteen years.

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Koen Stegeman
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