The U.S. government's new Energy Star rating system for servers is scheduled to become effective May 1, providing companies with an easier way to compare the energy efficiency of servers from major vendors.
The Green Grid convenes its second Technical Forum today and will announce plans to develop a new metric for data center productivity and a "Data Center 2.0" design guide.
A coalition of data center industry groups has been developing a draft framework for an energy-efficiency standard to create a "LEED for Data Centers" standard for green facilities.