The Lockport facility will have the first implementation of the company's green data center design, called the Yahoo! Computing Coop.
Yahoo! Inc. today announced that it has opened an energy-efficient, environmentally friendly and cost-effective data center in Lockport, Niagara County, New York. The company avers that first announced in June, the data center combines the data center's hydro powered design with Lockport's naturally cool climate and prevailing winds to keep the 155,000-square-foot building cool.
It mentions that the company is hosting a ribbon cutting event with company executives and elected officials, including CEO Carol Bartz, Executive VP of Service Engineering and Operations David Dibble, US Senator for New York Charles E. Schumer, New York Governor David Paterson, US Representative Christopher Lee, New York State Senator George D. Maziarz, New York State Assembly Member Jane Corwin, and New York Power Authority President and CEO Richard M. Kessel.
The company states that the energy-efficient design was recently recognized by the US Department of Energy with a sustainability grant of $9.9 million. The YCC design is dubbed the 'Yahoo! Chicken Coop' after its long, narrow design, resembling a chicken coop, to encourage natural air flow 100 percent of the time. This results in an annualized average of less than 1 percent of the buildings' total energy consumption being required to cool the facility. The Lockport data center will consume at least 40 percent less energy, and at least 95 percent less water than conventional data center. It adds that NYPA will supply hydropower for the data center.
The company claims that it supported up to 500 jobs throughout the construction process of the facility, and is expected to create up to 125 jobs total in the state of New York. It further states that in addition to the data center, the site will also support an Operations Center, which monitors the infrastructure to ensure consistent uptime, and a Global Service Desk, a 24-hour IT support center for the company's employees. The Lockport facility will power the network of company sites, including Yahoo! Mail, Messenger, Flickr, News, Sports, Finance, Answers.
"We're thrilled to unveil our world-class data center in Lockport and take an active role in the community," said Carol Bartz. "Yahoo! is serious about sustainability and is leading efforts to address climate change. That's why we believe in creating highly efficient data centers that minimize the impact on the environment."
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