IBM Offers ENERGY STAR-certified Servers

IBM, Armonk, N.Y., has unveiled 11 new servers that meet Version 2.0 guidelines that took effect Dec. 16, 2013 under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® program. Qualifying criteria for the new ENERGY STAR rating, including features such as efficient power supplies, real-time power usage measurement, and advanced power management for lowering usage during idle periods, can help organizations to lower the amount of energy required to run data centers increasingly under pressure to handle more data more efficiently.

IBM’s servers that have earned the ENERGY STAR designation cover the range of IBM’s two- and four-socket systems: four from IBM’s Power Systems line-up and seven from the IBM System x and Pure Flex series.

According to the EPA, computer servers that earn the ENERGY STAR designation will, on average, be 30 percent more energy efficient than standard servers. The agency also predicts that if all servers sold in the U.S. were to meet ENERGY STAR specifications, energy cost savings would approach $800 million per year and prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from more than one million vehicles.