In New Delhi: One of the worlds most energy-efficient, environmentally friendly and cost-effective data center buildings has been unveiled by Yahoo in Lockport, Niagara County, New York. The state-of-the-art facility uses a combination of innovative data center design and Lockports naturally cool climate to dramatically decrease its electricity use throughout the year.
Were thrilled to unveil our world-class data center in Lockport and take an active role in the community, said Yahoo!s Carol Bartz. Yahoo! is serious about sustainability and is leading efforts to address climate change. Thats why we believe in creating highly efficient data centers that minimize the impact on the environment.
The Lockport facility will have the first implementation of Yahoo!s green data center design, called the Yahoo! Computing Coop (YCC). The best-in-class, energy-efficient design was recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 2010 with a sustainability grant of USD 9.9 million, the largest award received from the DOEs recent Green IT grant program.
The facility uses a combination of Lockports cool climate, prevailing winds and hydropower to keep the 120-by-60-foot server buildings cool. The YCC design, dubbed the Yahoo! Chicken Coop, mimics the long, narrow design of a chicken coop to encourage natural air flow 100 percent of the time, resulting in an annualized average of less than 1 percent of the buildings' total energy consumption being required to cool the facility. Yahoo!s Lockport data center is among the most efficient data centers in the world, with a low power usage effectiveness1 (PUE) of 1.08, compared with the industry average of 1.922.
According to the company, the Lockport data center will consume at least 40 percent less energy, and at least 95 percent less water than conventional data centers.
- Save enough energy to power more than 9,000 New York state households annually.
- Save enough energy to power approximately 300,000 CFL light bulbs for one year, running 24/7.
- Save enough energy to power approximately 1.1 million laptops for a year.
- Save more water per year than flows over the Niagara Falls for a minute straight (4 million cubic feet per minute is what the Falls flow on average).
- Save enough water in one year to provide drinking water for 200,000 people to sustain a healthy life. (Approximately 180 gallons per year per person is the average amount of drinking water over a lifetime.)
Yahoo!s leadership in designing and building environmentally sustainable data centers is solidified as we begin operating one of the most energy-efficient data centers in the world, said David Dibble of Yahoo!.
With the Yahoo! Chicken Coop design, we are spending less than one cent for cooling for every dollar spent on electricity. Significantly reducing our electricity usage is not only good for the environment, but also good for our bottom line, giving Yahoo! a competitive advantage.
Dibble continued: New York state and the greater Buffalo area possess all the resources required to run a world-class data center, including a cool climate, clean energy and a qualified work force. We are grateful for the incredible level of support we have received from local and state government, the New York Power Authority, Lockport residents, and local businesses that all helped to make this project a success.
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