Advanced Data Centers Introduces Industry’s First LEED Platinum Pre-Certified Data Center
2008-08-04 23:01:00
Advanced Data Centers Introduces Industry’s First LEED Platinum Pre-Certified Data Center
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(EMWNews – August 5, 2008) – Advanced Data Centers (ADC), a leading
owner and developer of corporate data centers, announced today that its
McClellan Park data center has received Platinum Pre-Certification from the
U.S. Green Building Council under the LEED® Green Building Rating
System™. The McClellan Park facility, located in Sacramento,
California, is the industry’s first and only LEED Platinum pre-certified
data center.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building
Rating System™ is the nationally accepted benchmark for design,
construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED
gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an
immediate and measurable impact on their building’s performance. LEED
promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing
performance in five key areas of human and environmental health:
sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials
selection, and indoor environmental quality.
“At a time when data center energy demand is accelerating, we are
significantly reducing energy usage and impact on the utility grid at the
McClellan Park facility,” said Michael Cohen, President of Advanced Data
Centers. “We will continue to design environmentally responsible data
centers and consider LEED as a baseline for our facilities going forward.”
The McClellan Park data center will have a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
of 1.1, while the average data center typically ranges from 1.8 to 3.0.
PUE is a measure of the energy efficiency of a data center. A 1.1 PUE
reduces the energy required to operate the data center by over 50 percent
and lowers the total cost of data center ownership to the customer. “The
reduction in energy usage significantly reduces the facility’s carbon
footprint and impact on the utility grid,” added Bob Seese, ADC’s Chief
Data Center Architect.
“The energy use of the ADC data center meets a recently considered
impossible to achieve PUE of 1.1. With an energy savings of $1 million to
$2 million per year this project stands to be the largest energy savings
achieved ever in Sacramento and indeed the rest of California,” said Peter
Rumsey, President of Rumsey Engineers. “ADC has taken a leadership role in
designing one of the country’s lowest energy data centers. This is the key
component of the LEED platinum certification and more importantly in making
this facility the lowest carbon-emitting data center of its kind in
California.”
Key environmental performance characteristics that contribute to the
McClellan Park data center include:
-- Sustainable site development: Built on a "brownfield" site; capturing 100% of rainwater runoff from building; use of shade and reflective materials to reduce "heat island" effect; commuter alternatives program for building occupants -- Water savings: Utilizes recycled (gray) water and captured rainwater for landscaping, restrooms and cooling tower backup; installing low- and no- water fixtures in restrooms; reuse of cooling tower "blow-down" -- Energy efficiency: Reduction in cooling costs through careful airflow, and water-flow design and the use of outside air to cool 75% of year -- Materials selection: Use of recycled non-toxic, and locally sourced/manufactured materials; recycled over 95% of demolition debris -- Maintenance: Utilizing non-toxic low-VOC chemicals for facilities maintenance and routine personnel training in maintenance procedures -- Indoor environmental quality: Using low-VOC materials, finishes, adhesives and sealants; provide day-lighting for building occupants
Advanced Data Center’s LEED Platinum pre-certified data center is located
on the former McClellan Air Force Base, a 3,000+ acre business park located
in Sacramento, CA that now serves as a state-of-the-art corporate and
industrial office park.
“ADC is joining our growing roster of green businesses at McClellan Park.
As one of the largest redevelopment projects in Northern California,
McClellan Park is one of the leading recyclers of buildings, and rather
than sending the waste to the landfill, we reuse concrete and asphalt from
our demolition projects. We are also cleaning and recycling contaminated
land and have attracted numerous businesses that are involved in green
activities. McClellan Park is the epicenter of green development in the
Sacramento region and is actively seeking environmentally conscious
tenants. Our tenants include solar manufacturing, hybrid automobile
battery testing and repair, paint recycling and soon will include some of
the areas greenest buildings like ADC,” said McClellan Park President Larry
Kelley.
Customer demand to host IT infrastructure in a state-of-the-art green data
center has led several companies to express interest in deploying their
mission critical applications in the McClellan facility. The ability to
host infrastructure in a facility that is virtually safe from all major
disasters and within driving distance of the San Francisco Bay Area has
proven to be a highly differentiated asset. ADC is now accepting LOIs to
secure space for companies which are looking to build out or expand their
operations.
About Advanced Data Centers
Advanced Data Centers (ADC) is a leading owner and operator of wholesale
data centers, designed specifically for the corporate user. The data
centers are highly specialized, secure facilities used to house, power and
cool critical IT infrastructure (servers, storage equipment, etc.)
Focusing on robustness and reliability, each facility is designed to exceed
today’s requirements and to support the constantly growing demands of
future technologies. For additional information, please visit Advanced
Data Centers’ website at http://www.adatacenters.com.
About McClellan Business Park, LLC
The County of Sacramento selected McClellan Business Park, LLC, in 1999 to
acquire and redevelop McClellan Air Force Base. McClellan Air Force Base
was renamed McClellan Business Park (McClellan Park) in 2001. McClellan
Park boasts a fully-operational airfield, full-service hotel, fitness
facility, rail system, office, industrial, retail and dormitory space. The
project consists of 3,000 acres with approximately 8.5 million square feet
of useable buildings and 700 acres of developable land and is fully
entitled for over 16 million square feet of commercial, retail, office and
residential buildings. For additional information, please visit McClellan
Business Park’s website at http://www.mcclellanpark.com.