Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, has announced that, as of this month, over half of the power it provides for customers in its data centres is from solar, wind, geothermic, tidal or hydro energy sources. Power from renewable energy sources is available to customers across the company’s 11-country European footprint, and Interxion’s operations in Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK are 100% powered by renewable energy sources. 

The provision of power from renewable sources to drive down carbon emissions is one of a range of energy efficiency, emission and waste reduction initiatives from Interxion. The company pioneered modular architecture for data centres in 2000 and has since driven its PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) down year-on-year through a mix of design, procurement and operational measures, including the use of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), deployment of free air cooling and VFDs (Variable Frequency Drives) as standard, and the use of cold and hot aisle containment to support high power densities more efficiently. 

In September 2011, Interxion announced that its London data centre has taken another step forward in reducing its carbon footprint by signing up to 100% renewable energy from UK provider SmartestEnergy.