CtrlS Datacentres wins USGBC Regional Leadership Award
CtrlS has engineered 80 innovations in energy efficiency and sustainability space.
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Asia’s largest datacentre CtrlS announced on Monday that it is the recipient of the USGBC Regional Leadership Award by the U S Green Building Council (USGBC). CtrlS joins a slate of awardees that include organisations, projects and individuals around the world who are using green building and sustainable practices to improve the quality of life.
USGBC president and CEO Mahesh Ramanujam said, “The 2021 USGBC Leadership Award awardees have improved our world through the power of green building and it is their contributions and work that have helped our communities stay safe and healthy.”
CtrlS has engineered 80 innovations in energy efficiency and sustainability space and has reduced the power usage effectiveness to 1.35 reducing energy consumption at its hyperscale data centres in India. The company has been working on reducing electricity consumption, water conservation and recycling, paperless offices, elimination of plastic usage, reduction of carbon dioxide, increased usage of solar energy, waste management, converting its six hyperscale data centers to green data centers and successfully certified as LEED Platinum v4 O+M data centers.
CtrlS Datacentres founder and CEO Sridhar Pinnapureddy said, “I am delighted to note the honor being bestowed upon us by USGBC. This award will bolster our spirit to continue our efforts in the sustainability journey. At CtrlS, sustainability is a key focus and is a strategic component of our organization. We are further sharpening our focus on usage of natural sources of energy such as solar. We are in the process of constructing a 1,000-acre solar farm to power our data center facilities. We plan to achieve carbon neutrality (net-zero emissions) by 2030.”
Now you can get handpicked stories from Telangana Today on Telegram everyday. Click the link to subscribe.
Click to follow Telangana Today Facebook page and Twitter .
