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Sun Microsystems Supports European Code of Conduct for Data Centers
January 2009 by Marc Jacob
Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced its intention to become an endorser of the European Code of Conduct for Data Centers, an initiative designed to inform and stimulate datacenter operators and owners to reduce energy consumption in a cost-effective manner without hampering mission critical functions. As an endorser of the Code of Conduct, Sun will leverage its leadership in this space to promote datacenter best practices throughout the European Union.
Developed in close collaboration with the IT industry, data center owners and operators, the EU Code of Conduct was created in response to increasing energy consumption in datacenters and the need to reduce the related environmental, economic and energy supply security impacts. It is a voluntary commitment of European companies aiming to reduce datacenter energy consumption through adoption of best practices that will lead to energy savings targets. As an endorser, Sun will be responsible for providing power data and labels for all of its equipment; expanding and clearly labeling temperature and humidity limits in warranties; offering hardware and services to meet power limitation; and developing and assisting with training programs.
The EU Code of Conduct adds to the international organizations that Sun is working with on leading climate change initiatives including, The Green Grid, Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy (BICEP), the Global eSustainability Initiative (GeSI), Climate Savers Computing Initiative, Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and the Corporate Leaders’ Group on Climate Change. Sun’s focus and leadership on greening its operations combined with breakthrough designs and next-generation energy efficient power and cooling systems enabled the company to consolidate its own datacenters around the world, including locations in Broomfield, Colo., Blackwater, UK, Santa Clara, Calif., and Bangalore, India. These datacenters run exclusively on Sun’s line of energy efficient products, including Sun Fire T5200 servers, Sun’s x64 servers and the Solaris Operating System. In Broomfield, Sun estimates that its datacenter efforts will save more than $1 million in electricity costs and 11,000 metric tons of CO2 per year and will help the company reduce its carbon footprint by 6 percent in the U.S.
Eco Responsibility at Sun
Sun promotes an actionable path to cut energy bills and reduce IT environmental impact through a three-step approach for assessing, optimizing and virtualizing IT infrastructures. This results in decisive actions that limit computing’s impact on the planet and the bottom line of both Sun and its customers. Sun helps enable customers to reduce the GHG emissions and energy consumption of their IT infrastructures with a full portfolio of servers and storage, a complete suite of Eco Services and the Sun Modular Datacenter. Additionally, Sun continues to look for ways to decrease its carbon footprint through programs like Sun Open Work Practice services, Sun’s extensive flexible work program and its global datacenter consolidation initiative.
