Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) concluded that data centers are one of the most energy-intensive building types, consuming 10 to 50 times the energy per floor space of a typical commercial office building. As the demand for data centers continues to surge across the world, energy consumption has become a growing threat to sustainability and profitability. As the industry at large continues to evolve and expand so should improvements to the facilities themselves, especially in terms of optimizing energy efficiency.
As data center owners/operators look for solutions to lower their Scope 1 and 2 emissions as well as their operational budgets, they should consider the following when designing, renovating, and/or improving facility infrastructure.