EU Code of Conduct for Data Center Energy Efficiency
Making a data center environmentally friendly and energy efficient offers a range of advantages for the operator. The reduction in power consumption offers cost benefits which can increase margins or flow on directly to the end customer, making the data center more competitive. Being green is also a selling point for enterprise customers interested in reducing their carbon footprint. Becoming green also means time spent optimizing processes and improving systems, a challenging but rewarding process.
Bruno Fery
dotmagazine’s Judith Ellis talks to ebrc's Bruno Fery about the advantages of going green.
Listen to the around 14-minute interview above, read the transcript, download the audio for later, or jump to the individual questions here:
- Bruno, can you tell me a bit about the Code of Conduct? What is the goal of the European Code of Conduct for data centers?
- So what are the biggest challenges for data center operators, if they want to meet these guidelines?
- What are the advantages of going through the process?
- Do you have any information about the general level of acceptance of the Code of Conduct? How well it is accepted by data center operators?
- EBRC has been through this entire process, and you say it is an advantage to your customers. What measurable impacts do you have seen?
- And do you notice it in the costs?
- You said before that the European Code of Conduct covers energy efficiency for the data center facilities and separately energy efficiency for the IT. Where is the most power spent and where is the most power saved between the IT and the facilities?
Bruno Fery is currently Head of Data Centre Services at EBRC. Before joining EBRC in 2006, Bruno was appointed Head of Engineering, Safety&Security in charge of buildings and branches at a major bank in Luxembourg from 1995 to 2006 after ten-year career in facility management.
In 2010, Bruno was certified Accredited Tier Designer. Bruno Fery has broad experience in international certifications, design and management of data centers, and infrastructure strategies, and actively contributes to EBRC’s international and national business development.
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