Digital Realty Trust has announced that its first Melbourne data centre in Deer Park has been Platinum LEED certified and its Sydney data centre, Erskine Park, has achieved Gold LEED certification.
Digital Realty Trust has announced that its first Melbourne data centre in Deer Park has been Platinum LEED certified and its Sydney data centre, Erskine Park, has achieved Gold LEED certification. They are the first data centres to be LEED-certified in Australia.
The LEED rating system, developed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), is the foremost program for buildings, homes and communities that are designed, constructed, maintained and operated for improved environmental and human health performance.
Digital Realty’s projects achieved LEED certification for implementing practical and measurable strategies and solutions aimed at delivering high performance in sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environment quality.
Digital Realty EMEA and Asia Pacific managing director Bernard Geoghegan said this achievement is proof of its commitment to provide energy efficient options for customers.
“We are committed to transforming the environmental performance of the data centre industry in Australia and to be recognised by the USGBC is a significant honour,” he said.
Digital Realty director of sustainability Aaron Binkley said the projects extend Digital's successful track record of certified buildings including 40 projects across three continents.
Over 54,000 projects are currently participating in the commercial and institutional LEED ratings systems globally, comprising over 10.1 billion square feet of construction space in all 50 US states and 120 countries.
Digital Realty also announced earlier this year its commitment to measure the energy efficiency of its data centres using the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) Energy for data centre rating tools.