TelecityGroup, a pan-European operator of network independent datacenters and value added services, has announced that it will join EDF's "Equilibre + offer.
By being the first datacenter operator to subscribe to this offer, TelecityGroup shows its ongoing leadership in exploring and adopting technologies which help minimise the impact of its operations on the environment and maximise energy efficiency in the datacenter.
EDF's "Equilibre+ offer certifies that the equivalent of 21 % of the electricity consumed by TelecityGroup has been generated from renewable sources of energy and guarantees a neutral impact in terms of C02 emissions. In addition, EDF reinvests part of the revenues generated from Equilibre+ into the CISEL research project, whose aim is to encourage the development of electricity production from solar energy.
St├®phane Duproz, managing director of TelecityGroup France, commented: "Our will to suscribe to EDF's Equilibre+ offer demonstrates our commitment to operate a business which minimises its impact on the environment. It is important both for us and our customers.
TelecityGroup is committed to achieving good environmental practice and strives to minimise the adverse environmental impacts of its business. In 2007 the company was the first datacenter provider to test hydrogen fuel cells as an alternative power source at one of its Paris datacenters.
Duproz continues: "Having been the first datacenter operator to test renewable energies such as the fuel cell on site, it was only natural for TelecityGroup to be the first to subscribe to the "Equilibre+ offer. In addition to reinforcing our position as an environmentally-responsible datacenter operator committed to minimising the impact of our business on the environment, it offers our customers the opportunity to share our approach.