Mar 23, 2018   SOURCE: BusinessWire

H5 Data Centers Expands Its Renewable Energy and Sustainability Initiative

H5 Data Centers, a national colocation and wholesale data center provider, today announced the expansion of its renewable energy and sustainability initiative by purchasing renewable energy certificates (“RECs”) to offset 100% of the energy consumption at its Cleveland data center. Through this purchasing program, H5 Data Centers will reduce the environmental impact of its energy use and support renewable energy projects throughout North America. The certificates are sold in blocks of kilowatt-hours (kWh) and are a blend of the following resources: wind, solar, biomass, landfill gas, geothermal and hydroelectricity.

The REC purchase adds to H5’s 478-kW solar array that was announced earlier this year. Through the solar array and multiple other energy-efficiency initiatives, the Denver data center has been a multi-year recipient of Xcel Energy’s Data Center Efficiency Award. The decision to leverage renewable energy alternatives and implement sustainability initiatives comes at a time when demand for data centers nationally is accelerating to support rapidly-growing digital applications.

“H5 Data Centers continues to make investments across our national footprint to improve the reliability and efficiency of our data centers,” said Josh Simms, founder and CEO of H5 Data Centers. “The REC purchasing program allows our customers and H5 Data Centers the ability to invest in sustainability initiatives for data centers that have a significant carbon footprint.”

About H5 Data Centers:
H5 Data Centers is one of the leading privately-owned data center operators in the United States with nearly 2 million square feet under management. The company designs and engineers flexible and scalable data center and interconnection solutions to address the business and operational requirements of its customers. H5 Data Centers now owns data centers in Ashburn, Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Phoenix, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, and Seattle. For more information, visit www.h5datacenters.com.