EMC² cuts energy use by 20% after ‘radical’ retrofit

A CORK-based ICT site is knocking 20% off its annual energy consumption through the use of ground- breaking energy-saving technologies.

EMC², which employs 1,650 people at its Ovens site, undertook a full retrofit project to implement energy saving technologies at the information technology and data centre site, using free cooling technology systems.

The €2.5 million project, which was designed and managed by consulting engineering company Arup, will achieve annual electricity savings of 13 million kilowatt hours and an annual carbon emission reduction of 7,000 tonnes.