Monday 20 April 2009 1:05:49 pm
No Trees were Harmed in the Making of this Datacenter It goes without saying that our datacenter is virtually paperless in operation and, whenever possible, communications happen electronically rather than via paper-based mail or fax systems. Our Atlanta datacenter is made almost completely of concrete, even the floor tiles, and almost nothing burns. Very little wood of any kind has been used in the facility. GNAX uses water based sprinkler systems and fire extinguishers that do no harm to human beings or the surrounding environment. Closing Thoughts The green initiatives our modern datacenter has put in place are already yielding excellent savings in the energy realm and with the plans we have for 2009, the GNAX team is excited to see just how far we can take this efficiency challenge. This is the present reality of responsible data center management and the industry’s premier research organization, the Uptime Institute, has entitled their upcoming 4th Annual Research Symposium: Lean, Clean, & Green. We’ll be there April 13 to 16 in New York City and are looking forward to meeting our colleagues and learning more ways of keeping it green in our datacenter world. About the Author and Company The author, Jeff Hinkle, is President of Global Net Access (GNAX) and highly invested in green initiatives and the conservation of our planet’s resources. Jeff has a long and deep history in creative datacenter and networking solutions. The author can be reached for questions and comments at [email protected]. About the company: Global Net Access (GNAX) is the parent company of two industry-leading business lines: Enterprise Level Co-Location and Dedicated Servers. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and also has operations in Dallas, Texas. GNAX runs primary operations out of AtlantaNAP (www.atlantanap.com), which is host to numerous corporate and enterprise co-location clients. The company’s dedicated server line, NetDepot (www.netdepot.com), operates over 2000 dedicated servers for clients spanning the globe. The recent expansion to Dallas allows the company to better serve the high demand for colocation and dedicated server clients in the dynamic Texas market. For more information about green datacenter initiatives, as well as creative hosting and networking strategies, please visit www.gnax.net or call 404-230-9150.
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