Data Center Services

Data Center

Data centers and computer labs are extremely energy intensive. Data center energy consumption is driven by demand for greater computing capacity, and according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this demand has been increasing by approximately 12 percent per year. The EPA estimates that data centers currently use approximately 53 billion kWh of electricity annually. This has a cost of over $3 billion and results in over 70 billion tons of CO2 production released to the atmosphere. As energy costs continue to trend upward, it is increasingly critical from a business standpoint that data center/computer lab owners use best practices to reduce energy consumption.

Bluestone's approach to addressing and reducing the escalating energy consumption in data centers and computer labs is in keeping with the comprehensive approach that we use for treatment of energy intensive buildings and facilities. 

The process consists of analyzing the existing data center equipment efficiency and operation on a component level (processors, server power supplies, routers, memory storage) and support system level, (cooling systems, UPS systems, lighting systems, controls) and then retrofitting equipment and systems with best practices that are determined to be cost effective.
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