WASHINGTON – Today, The Green Grid (TGG) announced that September 30, 2023 is the new deadline for a of data center鈥痚nergy鈥痑nd water use needed to鈥痷pdate鈥痶he鈥疷.S.鈥疎nvironmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 1-100鈥疎NERGY鈥疭TAR鈥痵core for鈥痙ata centers. Data center owners and operators are encouraged to participate and contribute the data needed to update the EPA ENERGY STAR Score and enable the data center industry to continue its drive towards鈥痳esource and鈥痚nergy鈥痚fficiency鈥痠mprovements in鈥痠ts facilities, and鈥痗ritical鈥痶o鈥痶he world’s fight against鈥痗limate change.鈥疶he survey is available .
"Sustainability and energy efficiency is core to The Green Grid’s mission. TGG is eager to continue its partnership with the U.S. EPA and continue our work to update the EPA ENERGY STAR score for data centers,” said鈥疎rica Thomas, 91pro视频’s Director of鈥疶he Green Grid. “We encourage all data center owners and operators to take advantage of this deadline extension and participate in the survey and help in enabling data center efficiency and industry innovation.”
Completion of this voluntary survey—available to all U.S. data centers—will enable TGG to deliver the anonymized results to the EPA. The survey is applicable to a range of data centers including large data center facilities, edge, modular, and containerized data centers.
The EPA ENERGY STAR certification is an especially significant achievement for data centers. This certification is specifically designed to encourage data center operators to increase performance and energy efficiency to support the United States’ critical digital infrastructure.
How to Participate:
The TGG EPA Survey is available to all U.S. data centers. A list of EPA ENERGY STAR certified data centers is published on the EPA website .
Surveys can be obtained and submitted to the TGG website .