June 20, 2008

IBM opens ‘green’ data center on Boulder campus

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BOULDER – IBM opened its new energy-efficient “green” data center in Boulder on June 17.

At its onset, the 115,000-square-foot, $350 million center will provide data services for 16 clients, including The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG).

By using 98 percent of an existing building’s core and shell, 25 percent of newly purchased material made from recycled products, energy efficient power and a plan to use purchased wind power credits from Xcel Energy, the Armonk, N.Y.-based company (NYSE:IBM) said the building on its Boulder campus is its largest and greenest data center.

Officials said the building will take advantage of Colorado’s low humidity…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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