AT&T joins The Green Grid
AT&T Joins Green Grid to Promote Data Center Energy Efficiency
Company Also Assisting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Developing ENERGY STAR Rating for Data Centers DALLAS, July 30
DALLAS, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced its affiliate AT&T Services Inc. has joined The Green Grid, the global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems. AT&T also announced it will supply data center performance information to assist the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in developing a new ENERGY STAR rating for data center infrastructure.
Membership in The Green Grid and participation in the ENERGY STAR data center initiative underscore AT&T’s commitment to minimize the environmental impact of its operations and to work collaboratively with industry organizations and suppliers to identify optimal solutions and best practices.
The more organizations and groups we bring into The Green Grid, the more points of view we gain, the more we can develop an industry wide and component level best practices, innovations to hel the end user in providing the IT service they need within the business and operational power/cooling constraints. It will be interesting to see what developments are announced relating to this in the near future.


