Best Practices Guide for Energy-Efficient Data Center Design
Revised for 2024, FEMP's design best practices provide efficiency benefits for a variety of data center scenarios.
The Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) encourages agencies and organizations to improve data center energy efficiency in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget's Smart Cloud Strategy and M-16-19 Memorandum.
Data centers offer a tremendous opportunity for energy and cost savings.
FEMP helps agencies construct and maintain energy-efficient data centers by providing resources through its Center of Expertise (CoE) for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers and encouraging participation in the Better Buildings Challenge and Data Center Accelerator.
Read FEMP's Data Center Energy Efficiency fact sheet.
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Website provides information and technical support for data center efficiency projects. -
This section of the CoE identifies energy efficiency opportunities in data centers using CoE's tools. -
This section of the CoE offers tips for improving technology performance or purchasing new. -
Become a partner by committing to improving building and industrial efficiency by 20% or more over 10 years. -
This section of the CoE features a decision tree and resources to assist with overcoming unique obstacles. -
This section of the CoE features webinars and the Data Center Energy Practitioner schedule. -
Become a partner by committing to reducing the infrastructure energy intensity of one or more data centers by 25% over a five-year period.
Case Study: Sandia National Laboratories
Key Resources
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