Interxion Passes Milestone for Provision of Data Center Power from Renewable Energy Sources
Interxion Holding NV has announced that, as of this month, over half of the power it provides for customers in its data centers is from solar, wind, geothermic, tidal, or hydro energy sources. Power from renewable energy sources is available to customers across the company’s 11-country European footprint, and Interxion’s operations in Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK are 100% powered by renewable energy sources.
The provision of power from renewable sources to drive down carbon emissions is one of a range of energy efficiency, emission and waste reduction initiatives from Interxion. The company pioneered modular architecture for data centers in 2000 and has since driven its power usage effectiveness (PUE) down year-on-year through a mix of design, procurement and operational measures, including the use of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), deployment of free air cooling and variable-frequency drives as standard, and the use of cold and hot aisle containment to support high power densities more efficiently.