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ADA Networks endorses the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres

05/08/2010

We are proud to announce that we have been officially recognised as an endorser of the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres.

The Data Centre is second only to aviation as the largest contributor of carbon emissions that cause climate change. The EU code of conduct for Data Centres represents an industry wide consensus on best practice to minimise the carbon footprint of Data Centres. In addition it is the perfect vehicle for adopting a strategic policy of improving energy efficiency within the Data Centre over the long term. Participants of the code include industry leaders such as Microsoft, IBM, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, Vodafone, Colofinder and Intel.

Already, the world’s 44 million servers consume 0.5 percent of all electricity, with Data Centre emissions now approaching those of individual countries such as Argentina or the Netherlands. In 2008, the total electricity consumed by Data Centres was 20 thousand-million MWh, which represents an energy bill of around €1.6 trillion. Without efforts to curb demand, current projections show worldwide carbon emissions from Data Centres will quadruple by 2020.

"As Endorsers of the code, we encourage our clients who are looking for Data Centre networking infrastructure to choose an appropriate vendor that offers technologies sympathetic to the environment," comments Ashley Snelling, Managing Director for ADA Networks.