(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IBM (www.ibm.com) recently announced it has broken ground at its new energy efficient data center at Syracuse University that is expected to use 50 percent less energy than the average data center.
The company first revealed last week that it was partnering with Syracuse University to build the $12.4 million, 6,000-square-foot data center.
IBM said the new data center will feature an electrical tri-generation system as well as integrate the company’s energy-efficient computers and computer-cooling technology.
Syracuse University will manage and analyze the performance of the data center, as well as research and develop new data center energy efficiency analysis and modeling tools.
Meanwhile, the New York State Energy R&D Authority will contribute $2 million to the project.
“Energy use is becoming the largest single cost in operating data centers with $2 billion per year wasted nationally due to inefficiencies and IBM is dedicated to helping customers reduce electricity consumption to benefit their businesses and the environment,” says Vijay Lund, vice president for development and manufacturing operations at IBM’s systems and technology division. “IBM is joining Syracuse University to address the end-to-end data center infrastructure to develop the greenest, most efficient data center possible.”
This is the second green data center project IBM has collaborated on with a major university in the last month.
In April, IBM announced it would work with Melbourne’s Victoria University to design and build the university’s first green data center, which could potentially save the university more than 230 tons of carbon emissions per year.
The company has also recently announced other green data centers, including one in Greenock, Scotland which provides colocation services for medium-sized businesses, and a partnership with gigaCENTER and RackForce Networks to build a green data center in British Columbia.
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