The Green Grid Releases New Tool to Help Data Centers Advance Water Efficiency
WASHINGTON – As increased energy demand affects water resources, ITI’s The Green Grid (TGG) released a new Water Usage Impact (WUI) metric that equips data center designers, owners, and operators with detailed information about the efficiency of their facility’s water consumption. By expanding on TGG’s existing Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) metric, WUI combines water consumption and water stress into a single, comprehensive metric that helps stakeholders more accurately measure the impact on local water supplies.
Notably, WUI can inform data center site selection, assist in optimizing cooling methods, boost transparency and credibility, and track performance and efficiency more effectively.
“The Green Grid’s newest water-focused metric offers data centers granular insight into how to optimize the efficiency and transparency of their operations,” said ITI Executive Vice President of Public Sector Gordon Bitko. “As AI demand continues to grow, data center designers, owners, and operators can leverage TGG’s state-of-the-art tools and metrics to make the most informed and efficient decisions that reduce costs, preserve resources, and improve facility performance.”
WUI is the latest in a series of next-generation TGG metrics released this year—including Data Center Resource Effectiveness (DCRE) and Information Technology Work Capacity (ITWC)—that collectively enable improved data center efficiency and digital sustainability for the AI-era.
As an affiliate of the global tech trade association the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), TGG is a global consortium of experts that creates tools, provides technical knowledge, and advocates for the optimization of data center ecosystems to design efficient, modern solutions purpose-built for data centers.
Download the new WUI metric and the WUI Scoring Calculator.