Mahip Singh Sandhu SBSY 5100 Final Project Proposal How building rating systems are establishing energy efficiency guidelines/ rating standards for Data Centers. It is safe to say that data centers in the modern scenario prove to be the backbone of economy by powering a range of I.T. operations sizing from small to medium sized corporations and extending to level of full operation of cloud computing enterprise solutions. The data centers are a collection of electronic equipment (servers, storage systems, routers, firewalls, etc) that operates 24 hours a day throughout the year. This operation requires a lot of energy to sustain and ensure consistency in provision of service. Some data centers use up to 200 times the energy consumed by …show more content…
The rapidly growing demand for data centers requires a carefully regulated set of instructions/ guidelines for measuring the efficiency of energy consumed by these facilities. This report aims to recognize rating systems that currently establish guidelines to gauge sustainability of data centers and rate such facilities based on energy efficiency. Along with comprehending the list of such organizations, the report will also discuss the different metrics, which these rating systems base their analysis on. The report also aims to shed light at modern enterprise data center solutions like Facebook’s open data center design and Google’s proclaimed most efficient Data Center design. Since IT industry is one of the most fast paced developing streams of the world, there are several innovative ideas being implemented for achieving better data center energy efficiencies. All major IT corporations around the world are constantly working to reduce energy usage of their data centers, thereby provoking the need to update the standards on which they are …show more content…
ENERGY STAR Rating for Data Centers Frequently Asked Questions.” Energystar.gov, EPA, www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=prod_development.server_efficiency. Government operated site provides links to energy star portfolio manager for benchmarking your data center energy use and comparing it to defined standards. Also provides information about energy star ratings for data centers in US and stats about the same. 3. b Scott, Jodi. “Data Center Standard Published By ASHRAE.” American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Ashrae.org, 13 Sept. 2016, www.ashrae.org/news/2016/data-center-standard-published-by-ashrae. The website refers to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 90.4-2016, Energy Standard for Data Centers which provides regulations and standards for establishes the minimum energy efficiency requirements for design and construction of data centers. ASHRAE Standard 90.4-2016 is a energy assessment standard developed focusing on buildings other than low rise residential