CURRENT FOCUS AREAS

Primary Focus Areas

Industry Alignment

Leaders: Tim Crawford, Richard Donaldson Status (05/01/09) - Collaborating with numerous bodies on alignment opportunities.

Standardized Data Center Stack

Leader: Jeremy Rodriguez Status (04/07/2009) - Kickoff meeting with leadership team, Jeremy Rodriguez accepts leadership role. Micheline Birkhead and Serena Devito join core team with Dean Nelson. Status (03/06/2009) - Assembling an internal team to refine the Data Center Stack Framework.

Incentive Program

Leaders: Mark Thiele, Tim Crawford Status (08/24/09) - Proposal has been discussed with staff from the office of Barbara Boxer (Senator CA.), the office of Kirsten Gillibrand (Senator NY) and Anna Eshoo (Congresswoman 14th District CA).

Data Center Certification

Leaders: Mark Thiele Status (08/24/09) - Certification & or Audit Framework being developed in partnership with Data Center Journal.  We are continuing to develop the Stack, which we hope to us as the foundation for the Audit Framework/Certification

Cloud Computing

Leaders: Jeremy Rodriguez, Graeme Hay Status (03/06/2009) - TBD

Developing Focus Areas

Data Center Metrics

High Voltage Power Supplies

Conductive Cooling Interface

Data Center Resource Repository

End to End Facilities Measurement