Los
Angeles, CA, USA (October 22, 2013) -- T5
Data Centers, innovators in providing
state-of-the-art, customizable and highly reliable computing support
environments for any enterprise, today announced that the company's
T5@LA facility has been granted LEED® Silver certification by the
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This is the third T5 data center
to be granted LEED certification and serves as another example of the
company's commitment to maintaining environmentally responsible data
centers.
T5@LA
was fully commissioned in August 2012 and is a tier III-plus MEP
design (mechanical, engineering, plumbing) purpose-built data center
located in El Segundo near Los Angeles International Airport. The
building boasts 181,489 square feet under one roof and uses Munters
evaporative cooling systems mounted on the roof for a lower PUE
(power usage effectiveness). The data center also has its own
dedicated onsite power station and is capable of delivering 15.9 MW
of critical IT load.
To
qualify for LEED Silver certification, T5@LA was built using
sustainable materials and is equipped with the latest energy-saving
heating, cooling, and lighting systems. The data center has a 40%
greater energy efficiency than competing data centers in the region
and has an optimal PUE. The building also is located adjacent to the
Los Angeles Metro Rail and can be easily reached via mass transit.
T5@LA has already started attracting tenants, including a major
transportation service operator.
"The
lower our carbon footprint, the better it is for our tenants as well
as the environment," said Robbie Sovie, LEED AP, Vice President,
Development for T5 Data Centers. "T5 is committed to maintaining
green data centers to save our customers operating expenses at the
same time we are conserving natural resources. Our goal is to
ultimately receive LEED certification for all of our data center
facilities as proof of our environmental commitment as green
corporate citizens."
T5's
Data Center's T5@Atlanta and T5@Dallas facilities are also LEED
Silver certified, and T5 anticipates its T5@Kings Mountain,
T5@Portland, and T5@Colorado Springs projects will be LEED certified
in the near future.
LEED
is the foremost program for the design, construction, and operation
of green buildings. More than 44,000 projects are currently
participating in the commercial and institutional LEED rating
systems, which represents more than 8 billion square feet of
construction space spanning the 50 United States and 120 countries.
About
T5 Data Centers
T5
Data Centers (T5) is a leading national data center owner and
operator, committed to delivering customizable, scalable data centers
that provide an "always on" computing environment to power
mission critical business applications. T5 Data Centers provides
enterprise and wholesale colocation data center services to
organizations across North America using proven, best-in-class
technology and techniques to design and develop facilities that
deliver the lowest possible total cost of operations for its clients.
T5 currently has business-critical data center facilities in Atlanta,
Los Angeles, Dallas, and Charlotte with new projects announced in
Portland and Colorado. All of T5's data center projects are
purpose-built facilities featuring robust design, redundant and
reliable power and telecommunications and have 24-hour staff to
support mission-critical computing applications.
For
more information, visit http://www.t5datacenters.com.
Contact:
Aaron
Wangenheim
T5
Data Centers
1
Glenlake Parkway, Suite 525
Atlanta,
GA 30328
(415)
292-7700
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