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Over 200 evaluations of data centre and IT environment energy efficiency have been completed using The Green Grid’s Data Centre Maturity Model self-assessment tool over the past year, with more the 400 further assessments currently in progress. As well as enabling data centre operators to form a clear idea of their progress towards more resource-efficient IT environments, these assessments are helping The Green Grid develop more detailed and accurate industry benchmarks.
The online tool, which is free to use, was launched in April 2012 and enables organisations to benchmark their progress towards greener IT environments against best practice and their industry peers. The tool assesses data centres and IT environments against The Green Grid’s Data Centre Maturity Model (DCMM), itself based on a comprehensive set of criteria for measuring every aspect of a data centre – from power and cooling to compute, storage, and network.
The DCMM was the first model of its kind, providing data centre operators and C-level executives with a holistic five-year industry roadmap for best practice and innovation in energy efficiency, sustainability, and monitoring and metrics. The model takes into account factors including data centre energy demand and supply, carbon and water usage, e-waste, and building sustainability; it also incorporates internationally-recognised metrics such as CUE, WUE, and The Green Grid-devised PUE.
“Our intention with the Data Centre Maturity Model and online benchmarking tool was to develop the world’s most comprehensive single resource for helping organisations maximise the sustainability and resource efficiency of their IT environments,” said Harkeeret Singh, Technical Work Group Member at The Green Grid.
“A personalised DCMM equaliser enables data centre operators to map the maturity of their IT environments against defined levels – minimal or no progress, part best practice, and best practice. It also makes it easy to identify the steps to be taken to sustain progress towards greater resource efficiency.
“To have 202 assessments completed within the first year of the tool being live, and another 402 in progress, is extremely encouraging, Singh continued. “The assessment tool was designed to become increasingly accurate and effective as more and more assessments are completed – the additional data collected from each assessment means that the industry benchmarks against which organisations measure themselves are being aggregated and calibrated with greater exactness over time.
“As well as helping organisations gauge their own progress and chart their next steps, these assessments are an invaluable aid to The Green Grid in building up a clearer, more accurate picture of where the IT industry stands in terms of resource efficiency,” he concluded.
