This guide provides an overview of best practices for energy-efficient data center design which spans the categories of information technology (IT) systems and their environmental conditions, data center air management, cooling and electrical systems, and heat recovery. Data centres are responsible for about 1. 5%, or 415 Terawatt-Hours (TWh), of the world's total yearly electricity consumption. Projections indicate that their consumption is set to more than double towards 945 TWh by 2030, primarily due to the substantial growth of energy-intensive accelerated. How Automation and Analytics throughout a Data Center Lifecycle Can Help Reduce Energy Use and Environmental Impact EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. IT system energy efficiency. Member States to encourage owners and operators of datacenters with a power demand of the installed IT equal to or greater than 1 MW to take into account the best practices referred to in the most recent version of the European Code of Conduct on Data Centre Energy Efficiency. The European. The CEN/CENELEC/ETSI Coordination Group on Green Data Centres (CEN/CLC/ETSI CG-GDC) is a joint activity of the three ESOs which comprises representatives of the ESOs together with stakeholders of industry and EU projects. Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments, Fifth Edition.