100% of Cleveland Data Center Energy Use Offset by REC Purchasing
Program
H5 Data Centers, a national colocation and wholesale data center
provider, today announced the expansion of its renewable energy and
sustainability initiative by purchasing renewable energy certificates
(“RECs”) to offset 100% of the energy consumption at its Cleveland data
center. Through this purchasing program, H5 Data Centers will reduce the
environmental impact of its energy use and support renewable energy
projects throughout North America. The certificates are sold in blocks
of kilowatt-hours (kWh) and are a blend of the following resources:
wind, solar, biomass, landfill gas, geothermal and hydroelectricity.
The REC purchase adds to H5’s 478-kW solar array that was announced
earlier this year. Through the solar array and multiple other
energy-efficiency initiatives, the Denver data center has been a
multi-year recipient of Xcel Energy’s Data Center Efficiency Award. The
decision to leverage renewable energy alternatives and implement
sustainability initiatives comes at a time when demand for data centers
nationally is accelerating to support rapidly-growing digital
applications.
“H5 Data Centers continues to make investments across our national
footprint to improve the reliability and efficiency of our data
centers,” said Josh Simms, founder and CEO of H5 Data Centers. “The REC
purchasing program allows our customers and H5 Data Centers the ability
to invest in sustainability initiatives for data centers that have a
significant carbon footprint.”
About H5 Data Centers:
H5 Data Centers is one of the leading
privately-owned data center operators in the United States with nearly 2
million square feet under management. The company designs and engineers
flexible and scalable data center and interconnection solutions to
address the business and operational requirements of its customers. H5
Data Centers now owns data centers in Ashburn, Atlanta, Charlotte,
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Phoenix, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, and
Seattle. For more information, visit www.h5datacenters.com.
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