Feb 13, 2023 | Posted by MadalineDunn
Datacom has announced that all its facilities in New Zealand are now powered by renewable energy. This is part of a ten-year contract with Mercury Energy, through which its data centers will run on geothermal, wind, and hydro energy sources from the company.
As per the deal, the company has signed onto the 'New Zealand Energy Certificate System' (NZECS), and which will cover four of its Kiwi data centers in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, and Christchurch, offering a combined capacity of 29MW.
Speaking about this, Andrew Green, data centers associate director at Datacom, said: "Ensuring our data centers are powered using a renewable and sustainable energy source is part of our vision to help shape a better future for our country and customers. As a company, we are dedicated to reducing our carbon footprint as well as supporting the sustainability goals of our customers."
"We always have sustainability projects on the go, including reducing energy use by cooling our facilities with outdoor air, initiating the deployment of solar on our rooftops, replacing our batteries with new lithium technology, right down to switching out our lightbulbs," added Green.
As per the deal, the company has signed onto the 'New Zealand Energy Certificate System' (NZECS), and which will cover four of its Kiwi data centers in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, and Christchurch, offering a combined capacity of 29MW.
Speaking about this, Andrew Green, data centers associate director at Datacom, said: "Ensuring our data centers are powered using a renewable and sustainable energy source is part of our vision to help shape a better future for our country and customers. As a company, we are dedicated to reducing our carbon footprint as well as supporting the sustainability goals of our customers."
"We always have sustainability projects on the go, including reducing energy use by cooling our facilities with outdoor air, initiating the deployment of solar on our rooftops, replacing our batteries with new lithium technology, right down to switching out our lightbulbs," added Green.
