The Green Grid, a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in datacenters and business computing ecosystems, today announced the formation of two new Japan Work Groups as well as a formal relationship with The Green IT Promotion Council. Responding to strong industry and government demand, these steps are designed to expand the organization's presence to Asia with initial operations in Japan. Representing an important opportunity for The Green Grid to extend its IT energy efficiency advocacy to this key region, the new Japan Work Groups are expected to enable The Green Grid to establish a unique set of best practices, metrics and technologies tailored for locally-based organizations.
"The Green Grid is responding to a long and strong history in Japan to improve datacenter energy efficiency", said John Tuccillo, director of The Green Grid. The launch of these new Work Groups will position The Green Grid to make strategic, tailored recommendations to Japanese businesses and organizations, with the goal to promote a sustained increase in energy efficiency. Reporting to the Technical Committee, the Japan Data Collection and Analysis Work Group will be chartered with collecting and analyzing data from The Green Grid's Japanese member companies and to ensure that consortium recommendations are tailored appropriately for Japan-based organizations. In addition, the Japan Communications Work Group will promote the key findings of the Technical Committee to Japanese IT professionals including datacenter managers, serve as a point of engagement for Japanese organizations interested in collaborating with The Green Grid, and support local marketing and IT energy efficiency events.
The Green Grid has also formalized a working relationship with The Green IT Promotion Council (GIPC) by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will enable The Green Grid and GIPC to work together to outline the information that they will exchange and the joint activities they will conduct to improve overall IT energy efficiency. This new MOU with GIPC will allow both The Green Grid and GIPC to convey relevant information to their respective member organizations.
The Green IT Promotion Council President Tsutomu Handa said: "The Green IT Promotion Council welcomes this partnership with The Green Grid. The Green IT Promotion Council recognizes global warming as a crucial challenge that must be taken on immediately, and we believe that epoch-making technological innovations will be necessary in order to harmonize our economic and social activities with the global environment. Recent government initiatives, a strengthening of partnerships among industry, government and the academy, as well as this collaboration with The Green Grid, typify the enhancement