花旗银行数据中心

Citi Data Centre

花旗银行数据中心

Frankfurt, Germany

法兰克福，德国

A data centre is, at its essence, a container for the processing and storage of information. Many such structures have been no more than air-conditioned, energy-guzzling boxes. Arup Associates’ data centre for Citi on the outskirts of Frankfurt addressed the question for the first time – Can a data centre really be “green”?

The development is the world’s first LEED Platinum certified data centre.

The aim to reduce the annual energy consumption by 30% was achieved, with substantial cost savings for the client, and significant benefits for the environment. For Arup Associates, the project fed into continuing research into the design of energy-saving data centres.

数据中心本质上是处理和存储信息的场所：众多数据中心无非就是装有空调的高能耗箱式建筑而已。Arup Associates为花旗集团在法拉克福市郊设计的数据中心首次解决了这样一个疑惑：数据中心真的能够实现可持续？

该工程是全球首家获得能源与环境设计先锋奖铂金奖(LEED Platinum)认证的数据中心。每年减少30%能耗的目标得以实现，而且为客户节省大量成本，同时又为环保做出了显著的贡献。对于Arup Associates来说，该项目为继续探究节能数据中心的设计提供了经验。

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