Norcross’ Corus360 trumpets its energy-saving server
BY Ken Edelstein • January 5, 2010
In its latest pitch to become known as a green IT provider, a Norcross company claims its new data center will use 27 percent less energy than conventional data centers. Corus360 hopes to win LEED Gold certification for the Technology Parkway building that houses the data center.
“Corus360’s investment in creating a LEED Gold certified building and data center is an investment in our clients and our future,” Corus360 Chief Operating Officer Tom Lowry says in a press release. “The new data center, equipped with environmentally-conscious and efficient technology services, marks a milestone for all of us at Corus360.”
According to release:
This move to embrace Green technology ties into Corus360’s Green LITE practice, which works with businesses to reduce energy consumption through a variety of efficient strategies, including: asset discoveries, virtualization and consolidation strategies, power and cooling studies and storage assessments. Through Green LITE best practices, clients learn environmentally friendly and sustainable ways to reduce operating costs and increase efficiency.
The building itself — a renovated 35-year-old-structure — features: occupancy-sensing compact fluorescent lighting, water- saving plumbing, additional windows for natural lighting, efficient AC units and a white roof that reflects rather than absorbs sunrays. Corus360 claims that “90 percent, or 665,000 pounds, of the waste created during renovation and construction was recycled.”
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