(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Software giant IBM (www.ibm.com) and Syracuse University (www.syr.edu) have teamed up to build what they say is one of the world’s most energy-efficient data centers.
The two have invested $12.4 million in the 6,000-square-foot data center, which is expected to use about half the energy of a traditional data center.
The data center is slated to be done in late 2009 on the SU campus, which will focus on the actual construction of the facility as well as the computer hardware and software.
The facility will have an onsite electrical co-generation system and use natural gas-fueled micro-turbine engines to create all electricity and provide cooling for the servers.
This marks the second green data center project with a major university that IBM has announced 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.
