Thanks in part to a KyotoCooling System, Bell Canada and its partner, Urbacon Architecture, were recently awarded the 2012 Green Enterprise IT Award for Facility Design and Innovation by the Uptime Institute. The institute, an independent international research, education and consulting organization focused on the data center industry, recognizes companies that signicantly improve energy productivity and resource use in the IT sector. It recognized Bell for the sustainable green building and development practices used in constructing its Ottawa region data center. The data center’s cutting-edge design combines green architectural approaches with energy-e cient operational features, resulting in an industry-leading power usage eectiveness rating of 1.26, including o ce and meeting rooms

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