IT companies' data centres currently deal with a number of problems related to cooling, space, and rising power usage. An energy-efficient option for handling, storing, and disseminating a vast amount of data is the green data centre. For operators of data centres, the continually rising price of electricity is becoming a serious problem. A data storage facility known as a "green data centre" uses less energy than a typical data centre.

IT companies' data centres currently deal with a number of problems related to cooling, space, and rising power usage. An energy-efficient option for handling, storing, and disseminating a vast amount of data is the green data centre. For operators of data centres, the continually rising price of electricity is becoming a serious problem.