The move is designed to support power needs of the global mission-critical industry.
As the number of mission-critical facilities continues to grow exponentially worldwide, so does the need for efficient, reliable power to these essential applications. For example, the data center industry has seen its electrical use double from the years 2000 to 2005 — to 247 terawatt hours per year. In addition, the amount of information managed by data centers is expected to grow by a factor of 50 over the next decade. Helping to address these growing power concerns, GE has unveiled its new Critical Power business. The business provides data centers, hospitals, telecommunication networks and other mission-critical facilities with end-to-end solutions to keep electricity flowing to crucial equipment during power disturbances and outages. The announcement was made at the Datacenter Dynamics conference held in New York on March 12.
“The focus of GE’s Critical Power business is to help customers reduce energy consumption and minimize the operating costs associated with supplying power to their mission-critical applications,” said Jeff Schnitzer, general manager of GE’s Critical Power business. “We support our customers from the front-end design through the lifecycle of the equipment to help them realize the greatest benefit from their investment.”