Fujitsu opens sustainable data center

Fujitsu Wednesday announced it has officially opened its new purpose-built sustainable data center in Sydney's Homebush Bay.

The three-story structure was designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operational costs, with the savings passed onto its customers.

In a statement released by Fujitsu general manager of data center services, Michael Gunton, said a closed loop cooling system reduces by 80 percent the amount of water needed to maintain the facility at an industry standard 23 degrees Celsius at 50 percent humidity, and consumes almost a third less energy.

"Add to that our ability to proactively manage the entire facility from a central location, and our auto-sensor lighting systems that only switch on when needed, reducing usage by up to 60 percent, and we can promise our clients substantial cost savings," Gunton said.

According to Gunton the building control management system allows for monitoring and adjustment of power consumption around the facility in real-time. The data center also features metering techniques to aid clients in meeting reporting requirements under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007.

"We will not only report on each client's individual power and cooling consumption for their data center operation, but will convert that into greenhouse emissions as part of our environmental accounting service.

"Most customers can expect a cost saving of around 20 percent on their data center costs as a result of the innovations we have employed in this facility," Gunton said.