Rimini Street, an enterprise software products and services provider, has achieved its goal of using 100% renewable energy at its data facility operating within Switch’s Data Centers.
Image: Rimini Street receives 100% renewable energy certification. Photo: Courtesy of dlritter/FreeImages.com.
Because Switch is powered by 100% clean energy, Rimini Street operations at Switch’s Data Centers result in zero greenhouse gas emissions. To mark the achievement, Switch issued its proprietary Sustainability Certificate to Rimini Street. The Company moved its primary data to Switch’s Core Campus in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2015.
This sustainability certificate recognizes that Switch retired over 280 geothermal and solar renewable energy credits between 2016 and last year on behalf of Rimini Street, making the company’s energy consumption 100% green at Switch’s data center facility. These renewable energy credits comply with Greenpeace’s principles of locality, additionality, and sustainability, and were generated by Nevada solar farms and geothermal power plants. A Renewable Energy Credit (REC) is proof that 1MWh of electricity was generated from an eligible renewable energy resource and delivered to the energy grid.
Each REC is independently tracked and verified. A REC represents the environmental attributes of the power produce from eligible renewable projects and may be sold separately from the electricity produced from the source.
Rimini Street global security & compliance senior vice president and chief information officer Steven Salaets said: “Migrating our data centers to Switch has enabled Rimini Street to reduce our carbon footprint and overall environmental impact.
“We are honored to accept the Switch Sustainability Certificate for 100% renewable energy, which reinforces our commitment to conducting business responsibly. Rimini Street moved its primary data to the Switch Data Center to assure our mission-critical data is housed in one of the most secure, protected facilities in the world.”
Switch Strategy executive vice president Adam Kramer said: “Helping environmentally conscious companies like Rimini Street achieve their own sustainability goals of 100% renewable energy usage by being in Switch’s 100% green energy powered data centers is a core value of our company.
“Switch’s advanced power and cooling technologies, remarkable power usage effectiveness ratings, and high-density rack configurations allow customers such as Rimini Street to fit their IT equipment into a smaller footprint while dramatically reducing their energy consumption.”
Source: Company Press Release