Wednesday, 30 April 2008

Hitachi Data Systems Announces Enterprise Class Data Center

Breaking new ground in data center design and development, Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, announced the world’s eco-friendly data center. This datacenter is designed to achieve a 1.6 PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) rating by The Green Grid. Together, Hitachi Data Systems and Hitachi, Ltd. are establishing a new industry standard for next-generation green data center implementations.

"Within the IT industry, the Wikibon community believes that Hitachi has the most comprehensive and fully implemented corporate green plan in place," says David Vellante, president and CEO of IT Centrix and co-founder of the Wikibon Project. He adds, Hitachi's progress on its emission neutral strategy is impressive and genuine. Initiatives such as the collaboration of various Hitachi groups for a new datacenter design in Yokohama underscore the firm’s commitment and are great drivers for change.

"In today's climate, we have found that the cost of energy and power has quickly emerged as a growing concern, driving companies to take a deeper look at the efficiency of their data centers," said Hu Yoshida, vice president and CTO, Hitachi Data Systems.

Yoshida said that IT organizations need to take a holistic approach and carefully examine how every facet of their data center can play a role in improving their environmental impact—and lowering escalating power consumption levels.

By leveraging Hitachi green technology, this breakthrough data center architecture provides a best practices approach for driving better efficiencies and utilization in customer environments now and in the future.