October 18, 2010—The Green Grid, a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems, and Gimelec, a group of electrical manufacturers working on the development of new regulations and standards, have signed an agreement to work more collaboratively in developing measurements, metrics and specifications, and establishing best practice guidelines for data centers.
The agreement between the two parties is intended to provide a framework to increase the effectiveness of the work done by The Green Grid and Gimelec, leading to an improvement in awareness, standards and energy efficiency within the data center industry.
Areas of intended collaboration include joint work on the harmonization and globalization of best practices, metrics and measurements; and joint engagement of French associations working in the data center field.
