Equinix Extends Its Leadership in Energy Efficient Data Centers
March 03 2010 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), a provider of global data center
services, today announced that its SV2 International Business
Exchange™ (IBX®) data center has earned the Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification from the U.S. Green
Building Council (USGBC). The latest accreditation extends
Equinix’s global leadership in operating energy efficient data
centers, and builds on the company’s history of innovative programs
designed to help enterprises reduce their carbon footprint.
LEED is an internationally recognized green building
certification system. It provides third-party verification that a
building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed
at improving performance across a range of metrics, including
energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved
indoor environmental quality and stewardship of resources.
The SV2 IBX data center received LEED certification under the
existing building program following the expansion and green
retrofit of the Equinix IBX, completed in mid-2009. The retrofit
included the installation of air-side economizers, fans
incorporating variable frequency drives (VFDs) and LED light
fixtures and occupancy sensors, among other efficiency procedures.
In total, the retrofit has resulted in more than four million kWh
in energy savings annually, and will pay for itself in under four
years. The success of the retrofit project also drew recognition
from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, which in June 2009
awarded the IBX a Silicon Valley Power Energy Innovator Award for
its energy-saving design.
Other examples of Equinix’s energy efficient data center
leadership around the world include:
- Being the first data center
operator in Silicon Valley to be certified as a ‘green business’ by
the County of Santa Clara’s Bay Area Green Business Program.
- Offering enterprise customers in
Europe the ability to calculate their CO2 footprint and identify
projects to offset data center energy consumption through its
European Carbon Offset program.
- Receiving certification from
Naturemade Star, the Swiss label for green power production and
green electricity products, that its four IBX data centers in
Switzerland operate using 100% green energy.
- Winning the inaugural Green
Award at the 2008 Data Centers Europe conference for its efforts to
advance energy efficiency.
- Participating in Singapore’s
NEWater program, a joint initiative between Singapore’s Public
Utilities Board (PUB) and the Ministry of the Environment and Water
Resources (MEWR) aimed at studying the suitability of using
reclaimed water as a source of raw water to supplement Singapore's
water supply.
- Achieving energy savings of up
to 30% at the Equinix SG2 IBX data center located in Singapore
through automatic control of high efficiency fans as dictated by
standby operation, room cooling load or underfloor static
pressure.
- Using air-side economizers to
provide free cooling and partial free cooling during the winter
months at the Equinix SY2 IBX data center in Sydney,
Australia.
“Earning LEED certification is another example of our commitment
to advancing energy efficient data center operations and further
demonstrates the efficiency gains that can be achieved through
innovative thinking and strategic upgrades to an existing
facility,” said Dave Pickut, CTO, Equinix. “This commitment carries
through to all new Equinix IBX data centers, as well, which are
designed in accordance with our best-practice guidelines. We’re
very proud of the fact that retrofit projects, such as SV2, and
recently designed IBX data centers, such as those in New York and
Sydney, have achieved industry-leading efficiency ratings.”
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) provides global data center
services that ensure the vitality of the information-driven world.
Global enterprises, content and financial companies, and network
service providers rely upon Equinix’s insight and expertise to
protect and connect their most valued information assets. Equinix
operates 49 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers
across 18 markets in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Important information about Equinix is routinely posted on the
investor relations page of its website located at
www.equinix.com/investors. We encourage you to check Equinix’s
website regularly for the most up-to-date information.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ
materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but
are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and
constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering
Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to
the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into
Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in
recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete
any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time;
competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to
generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay
new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business
from our key customers; and other risks described from time to time
in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which
are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume
any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained
in this press release.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc.
International Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.
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