The Green Grid
| Formation | February 26, 2007[1] |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit |
| Headquarters | Oregon |
| Location |
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Membership | 170+ |
| Website | Official website |
The Green Grid is a nonprofit, industry consortium of end-users, policy-makers, technology providers, facility architects, and utility companies collaborating to improve the resource efficiency of data centers. At one time it had more than 175 member companies.
As business demands increase, so does the number of data center facilities which house a rising amount of IT equipment. Data center managers run into resource limits on electrical power, cooling, and space.
History
An initial announcement in April 2006 included members Advanced Micro Devices, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Sun Microsystems.[2] They were soon joined by Intel and Microsoft. By February 26, 2007, APC by Schneider Electric, Rackable Systems, SprayCool (later part of Parker Hannifin), and VMware had joined the effort, and a meeting in April 2007 was announced.[1]
Participants
In 2014, the Board of Directors had the following members: [3]
In 2007, the Board of Directors had the following members:[4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chris Preimesberger (April 10, 2007). "Green Grid Plans First Technical Summit". eWeek. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ Don Clark and Jim Carlton. "Tech Giants to Unveil Power-Usage Plan: AMD, IBM, Rivals To Focus on Efficiency Of Servers, Data Centers". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Members". Web site. The Green Grid. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ Ashlee Vance (February 23, 2007). "Intel and Microsoft plug into the Green Grid". Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ↑ "Members". Web site. The Green Grid. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
External links
- The Green Grid - official website
- Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (February 26, 2007). "Green Grid Looks For New Data Center Energy-Efficiency Ideas". Retrieved 2008-03-26.