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eBay: getting PUE 1.26 in the desert

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The uber-efficient cooling system at Project Mercury

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eBay's Project Mercury data center in Phoenix, Arizona.

Because of the design work that went into its data center in Phoenix, Arizona, codenamed Project Mercury, eBay gets to claim energy efficiency way below industry average.

The Green Grid examined the facility and released a case study that described the design process and its stellar efficiency results. In a worst-case scenario, the site showed a PUE of 1.43 and the best efficiency result so far was 1.26. A lot of this comes down to eBay’s use of free cooling year-round, but how is eBay getting free cooling in the desert? Here’s how:

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