Keysource Win Environmental Project of the Year

IFL would like to congratulate its Data Centre Design and Build Partner, Keysource, on achieving the accolade of ‘Environmental Project of the Year’ at the BCS & Computing UK IT Industry Awards last month. This award winning, environmentally intelligent design forms the cornerstone of the proposed IFL3 data centre for Manchester.

Petroleum Geo-Services groundbreaking data centre won the ‘Environmental Project of the Year’ at the BCS & Computing UK IT Industry Awards on 12th November. The facility was designed and built by Keysource – specialists in design, build and maintenance of small, medium and large data centre facilities - to reduce PGS’ carbon footprint and is considered to be the most energy efficient data centre in Europe. It utilises Keysource’s Ecofris cooling solution and will achieve a drop in annual power consumption of 15.8 million kW-h, equating to a 6.8 million kilogram reduction in CO2 emissions (at full deployment).
 
The coveted Environmental Project of the Year award was presented in front of a packed house at the Battersea Park Events Arena in London. The judges were particularly impressed with the partnership approach taken by PGS and Keysource to create a data centre that would minimise the environmental impact of the oil exploration company’s IT infrastructure, whilst making a 45 per cent saving in energy costs.  The facility has achieved a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) ratio – an energy calculation recommended by industry sponsored organisation Green Grid – of 1.2 compared to a typical UK figure for a conventionally designed data centre of 2.2.
 
Mike West, Managing Director of Keysource: “Keysource was an early adopter of practices recommended by the Green Grid and the British Computing Society, and our innovative approach to data centre design has set new standards in terms of the savings and PUE that are achievable. The success of the award-winning PGS facility will encourage greater use of energy measurement in data centres and the use of hot and cold aisle separation - both important cornerstones of best practice.”

 Marcus Hopwood, Service Director IFL: “IFL’s data centres are already significantly more efficient than conventionally designed sites, achieving annualised PUEs of 1.8 compared to the 2.2 which Keysource highlight as typical across the industry.  IFL’s vision however is to deliver the most efficient colocation facilities on the market.  We will achieve this vision by working with industry leaders, and the coveted Environmental Project of the Year awarded to Keysource by the BCS clearly sets them apart as a leader in their field.  We look forward to collaborating with them on future IFL developments.”