EPA Approves Data Centers for ENERGY STAR Label

摘要

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces that stand-alone data centers and buildings that house large data centers can now earn the ENERGY STAR label. Data centers must be in the top 25 percent of their peers in energy efficiency, according to the EPA's energy performance scale.rnData centers use a significant amount of energy, accounting for 1.5 percent of total U.S. electricity consumption at a cost of $4.5 billion annually, an amount that is expected to almost double over the next five years. Based on the latest available data, improving the energy efficiency of data centers by just 10 percent would save more than 6 billion kilowatt-hours each year, enough to power more than 350,000 homes and save more than $450 million annually.