The founding sponsors of The Green Grid said they are devoted to working closely with both the EPA and the Alliance to Save Energy. Both organizations are in full support of The Green Grid and will play a key role in the development of the organization's charter as well as collaborating to identify solutions that cut energy costs as well as benefit the environment.

"The EPA is deeply concerned about the effects of increasing data center power consumption and associated rise in greenhouse gas emissions from data center operations," said Andrew Fanara, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Star program. "We believe energy efficiency-focused technology innovation is key to addressing the significant impact that this growing energy use will have both on today's businesses and our environment. For that reason EPA is pleased to support the goals and mission of The Green Grid initiative. We look forward to communicating this initiative to our Energy Star partners and encouraging them to participate in the development of what we are confident will quickly become an important resource for both vendors and industry end-users. We applaud AMD and founding sponsors HP, IBM, and Sun Microsystems for helping to raise industry awareness of the need for solutions that will address these rapidly emerging critical issues."

"Business is a key economic sector that can benefit from employing energy efficiency technologies not only to save energy but also to save money, protect the environment, and enhance our national energy security," said Alliance to Save Energy President Kateri Callahan. "We are pleased to join EPA in endorsing The Green Grid and helping to bring the energy-efficiency message to U.S. data centers, which represent a growing component of the business sector."

Publication date: 07/17/2006