Green Data Center

Sustainability is no longer a fringe topic. Companies are investing time and resources to understand how sustainability impacts business. A progressive number of companies are vying for ENERGY STAR® labels, LEED certificates, and other sustainability proof-points for data centers.

Achieving officially-recognized Green Data Center status requires more than guestimating the energy savings on the application form. You need proof of your data center efficiency over time. For instance, ENERGY STAR labels for data centers are awarded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Agency uses the power usage effectiveness (PUE) metric to determine whether a data center qualifies for the ENERGY STAR label. To compute the ENERGY STAR rating, data is collected for a 12-month period and a licensed professional must independently verify the energy performance of the data center, sign and seal the application, and send it to the EPA for review and approval. By July 2012, estimates of the IT energy load will no longer be accepted, so you will need to have the proper IT and facility energy monitoring in place to earn an ENERGY STAR label for your date center.

Validate the ROI on Green Investments

Validate the ROI on green investments by accurately tracking energy consumption and carbon emissions in the data center over time with OpenData software by Modius. OpenData offers a complete real-time monitoring solution of the extended power and cooling infrastructure—from the generator to the chassis. The software captures, normalizes and stores performance and energy-consumption data from IT and facility infrastructure equipment, including electrical power distribution, cooling and air management devices, and environmental sensors.

Start Monitoring Data Center Performance Today

Depending on the size of your deployment, you can begin monitoring the extended power and cooling infrastructure in your data center in a matter of hours or days. Choose the OpenData solution that’s right for you: our low-cost Machine Edition for up to 25 devices at a single site, our “download and go” Standard Edition for a single site, or our full-featured Enterprise Edition for multiple sites.

Watch our OpenData demo now or contact us to learn more about how we can help.