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The motivation behind the ‘green’ data centre needs little introduction. The ‘perfect storm’ of energy scarcity, energy cost, legislation and the need for strong, corporate leadership have accelerated the drive towards sustainability in the data centre. So pervasive is the combined influence of these and associated factors on the data centre industry that among the 200+ project entries made into these Awards since 2007 the number not citing its influence can be counted on the fingers of one hand.



This Award will recognize the reality of designing and operating data centres in the context of environmental scrutiny and to celebrate the success of those who have managed to balance their established responsibilities in providing a resilient and responsive facility with the consideration of wider corporate, sustainability and environmental responsibility. Those, in short, who have seen increasing pressures of power costs, regulation, community and environmental responsibility as an opportunity rather than a problem and have demonstrated their vision of sustainability as a critical driver in the design and operation of their data facilities.



2010 Winner: Capgemini Merlin Data Centre

2009 Winner: The Custodian Green Data Centre

2008 Winner: EDS

2007 Winner: Citi

• Be located in EMEA
• Have started operation since 1st September 2010 or due to be operational by 31st December 2011

• Sustainability considerations as a primary factor in planning for and making strategic decisions in regard to the data centre (15%).
• The development of the means to measure, analyse and demonstrate the environmental impact of decisions made across all areas of resource utilization (25%).
• The adoption of the most sustainable options as the solution for the requirements of the situation (30%).
• The demonstrated success of the project or initiative in meeting and balancing environmental/sustainability/efficiency and performance objectives (35%).