Data Collection Initiative to Develop an Energy Star Rating for Data Centers

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the midst of developing an Energy Star rating for data center infrastructure. This PowerPoint presentation offers background on the Energy Star Buildings program and the goals, process, and timeline for developing the Energy Star rating for data center infrastructure.

Among the goals for this rating system are:

• Build on existing Energy Star methods and platforms. Methodology similar to existing Energy Star ratings (1-100 scale).
• Usable for both stand-alone data centers, as well as data centers housed within office or other buildings.
• Assess performance at the building level to explain how a building performs, not why it performs a certain way.
• Provide users with information and links to additional resources to aid in their efforts to determine next steps after receiving an energy performance rating for their building.
• Offer the Energy Star label to data centers with a rating of 75 or higher (performance in the top quartile).