Citi (NYSE: C) announced that its newly completed Citi Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany is the first data center of its kind to earn the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum rating from the US Green Building Council (USGBC).
Citi said the 230,000-square-foot building was constructed with no
increased cost over more conventional data centers and uses 70% less
power without adversely affecting reliability and resilience of the
systems it houses.
"Close cooperation between our Real Estate and Technology groups has been important to achieving major advances in the way in which we manage technology energy demand in Citi," said Stephen Ellis, Head of Technology Infrastructure EMEA. "The energy-efficient design of the data center, coupled with extensive use of new, energy-efficient virtualized technology, housed in innovative modular cabinets, has optimized energy use and reduced the data cabling needs".
Special attention was focused on the significant impacts of Energy, Water and Waste and notable features include:
- Optimized cooling design resulting in enhanced free cooling rate of 63%
- Reverse osmosis water treatment for cooling saves 50 million liters per year
- Overall CO2 emissions reduction of 11,750 tons a year
- Water-efficient fixtures has reduced potable water use by 41% as well
as utilizing harvested rainwater for 100% of the irrigation needs - 100% of the construction waste was diverted from the landfill and operational waste is segregated for recycling
- Material selection was a high priority item for Citi, allowing both the
LEED requirements and embodied energy calculations to influence the
selection - The recycled content of the materials specified on the project reached 27%, with local sourcing of materials exceeding 40%
As an example of local consideration a vegetated roof area has been
installed for 72% of the roof area as well as a full green wall
irrigated from harvested rainwater - Makes extensive use of virtualized technology, deployed in a modular
design which both optimized energy usage and reduced the total amount
of cabling required by 250 kilometers
The building has already been honored for its eco-friendly design with
the European industry’s "Data Center Excellence Green Energy Efficiency
Award 2007” and the title of overall Winner at the Financial Services
Technology (FTS) Magazine Award 2008.
Other major Citi projects that have received LEED certification include
data centers in Singapore and Georgetown, Texas, two Citi office parks
in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and a 15-story skyscraper in the New York
City Borough of Queens.
The LEED Rating System is designed to encourage and facilitate the
development of more sustainable buildings and is a leading-edge system
for certifying the world’s greenest buildings.
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