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EU invites data centres to help fight climate change
20/11/2008
The EU has asked data centre operators and owners to sign up to a code of conduct, which includes regulations aimed at fighting climate change.
Created in response to the increasing amounts of energy used by data centres, which can be used for data storage and to ensure business continuity, the code of conduct aims to reduce the amount of energy and electricity these data banks use.
The code encourages businesses to use energy cost-effectively, without hampering their operations.
Industry bodies have welcomed the suggested regulations.
Bob Harvey, chair of the British Computer Society carbon footprint working group, said: "We see this as a vital step forward for the industry in encouraging IT management and data centre operators to focus on the appropriate issues."
Written by Paolo Bertoldi of the EU's renewable energies unit, the code was drafted after consultations with a wide variety of bodies, including data centre owners and managers.
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