Energy Star Moving Beyond Data Servers, Certifying Entire Data Centers

"For the US in 2006, online data centres accounted for 1.5 percent of the entire country's electricity use - equating to more than the entire state of Massachusetts. " View the chart up close...Really interesting facts/stats! Image via GDS Digital

Energy Star is ratcheting up its evaluation of data center components, moving from certifying servers to certifying entire data centers. Possibly as early as June of this year, Energy Star will start auditing and certifying data...Read the full story on TreeHugger