Are Phoenix Data Centers Addressing Climate Change? (SlideShare)

Are Phoenix Data Centers Addressing Climate Change?

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Here we’ll look at some perfect examples of how Phoenix data centers are being eco-friendly


Mark BurdonSenior ContributorSP Home Run Inc.

and minimizing their impact on global warming



Renewable Energy Resources



Apple recently announced a $2 billion data center project in Mesa, Arizona



to overhaul a 1.3 million square foot factory into a command center for their global network of data center facilities



The entire facility is being equipped to run on solar energy



Apple is no stranger to innovation,



however it has never built a solar energy farm to create 70 megawatts (MW) of power before



Solar Power



The i/o Data Center in Phoenix was thought to have made great advances in solar energy about five years ago



when it installed enough solar panels to create about 4.5 MW of power



The Phoenix One Googleplex has about eleven acres of roof real estate and it is covered in solar panels



Despite the abundance of sunny days in the Arizona desert region,



solar power is more than twice as costly to source as grid power



Greenpeace has criticized Amazon and Twitter for their data centers



They have applauded Apple’s commitment to solar power with the data center in Mesa



Green Energy in Phoenix



Other Phoenix data centers which have been equipped with green energy for power or cooling include:



• GreenGeeks (Wind power)



• eBay (Cooling)



• Edgeneering (Virtualization for power use optimization)



• Phoenix NAP (Solar power, water cooling, zero ozone depletion)



In many cases, companies which adopt sustainable data center strategies



can access tax breaks on equipment from the Arizona state government



Construction on the Apple data center is still about a year and a half away,



however it is predicted it will employ about 150 full time employees in the area



Phoenix data centers which are built for minimal climate change are entering a new era of opportunity



Would your Phoenix data center be willing to invest in equipment to have less of an impact on climate change?



Tell us about it in the Comments section below



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