BaseN Platform in World's Most Energy Efficient Data Center

HELSINKI and NEW YORK, May 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- This significant recognition has been awarded to Helsingin Energia for innovatively exploiting the heat generated by data center equipment for warming buildings and domestic water in Helsinki. The first solution utilizing this next generation concept was initiated by BaseN and implemented as a joint project with an advanced ICT service provider Academica Oy, which is a BaseN subsidiary and telecoms provider.

BaseN President and CEO Pasi Hurri, a member of the Academica Board of Directors, received today a special commendation at the annual Uptime Institute Symposium in New York.

"In traditional data centers, energy efficiency has not been seen as a priority. Now we are transforming it to a sharp competitive edge for Academica, enabling customers to purchase both energy and IT services exactly to their needs," said Pasi Hurri.

Within the data center, Academica is utilizing the BaseN Platform extensively for measuring energy, telecom and environmental conditions. For the first time in a data center environment customers are able to see measurements in real time in their dedicated portals and will directly benefit for using energy efficient servers and related equipment.

"The cost of electricity is quickly becoming a capital cost of IT equipment. Providing data center operators with versatile services based on accurate measurements, data centers can deliver the maximum performance while increasing cost and energy efficiency. An average data center consumes as much energy as 25,000 households in the US," Hurri added.

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About BaseN Corporation

BaseN is an international measurement service provider, headquartered in Finland and operating around the globe, dedicated to large scale infrastructure monitoring and management. BaseN offers a complete portfolio of services that monitor, measure, analyze and forecast massive data flows. It also visualizes the measurements and provides real time overviews and alerting functions through tailored portals.

BaseN developed its system for telecom networks and has applied the same technology to the cleantech space in order to make real time data available to millions of consumers, organizations and households in an achievable and cost-efficient way.

The BaseN Platform is measuring an equivalent of more than 8 million smart meters every minute and making the data available in real time. BaseN aims to be the foundation for the Smart Grid by connecting every point of energy consumption in real time.

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