The world's first climate positive data center is being built in Falun, Sweden. EcoDataCenter will source electricity solely from renewable sources like solar and wind, and excess heat from servers will warm nearby buildings through district heating. This integration means the data center will have a negative carbon footprint annually. EcoDataCenter aims for the highest security and availability standards, and will reuse waste energy through connections to the local energy system, making it the world's most sustainable and efficient data center.

1. Schneider Electric Sverige AB
Frösundaviks Allé
169 70 Solna, Sweden www.schneider-electric.com/se
Tel: +46 (0)771-360 370 info@se.schneider-electric.com
2014-02-23
PRESS RELEASE
The world’s first climate positive data center is built in Sweden
In the city of Falun, Sweden, the world’s first climate positive data center is now being built.
EcoDataCenter will also be one of the 13 safest in the world, meeting the highest security
requirements with world-class performance. The initiator of EcoDataCenter is the energy
company Falu Energi & Vatten in collaboration with the entrepreneurial company EcoDC AB.
Schneider Electric will supply technology that will deliver energy efficient solutions and
products to the project.
ICT (Information and Communications Technology) is emerging as a new target area in terms of energy
efficiency. The ICT sector alone consumes up to 10 percent of the world’s electricity. This reflects the
growing cost of powering data centers, the global backbone of the Internet and the cloud. A single data
center can easily use more electricity than a mid-sized town. A large part of this energy is never used,
but simply released as heat into the atmosphere, contributing to global and local warming. There are
currently over three million data centers globally. According to several reports the combined carbon
dioxide emissions from these datacenters are expected to exceed the emissions from the entire airline
industry in only five years.
– This development implies an increased need for energy, which also affects the environment to a great
extent. It is also a cost-driver, which requires a new way of thinking, says Børge Granli, one of the
founders of EcoDC AB.
Sweden has proven to be an excellent and safe location for data centers due to its cold climate, reliable
and renewable energy sources, political stability and lack of natural disasters. The Cushman &
Wakefield and Hurleypalmerflatt Data Centre Risk Index ranks Sweden as the third safest location for
data centers in the world, after the US and UK.
The world’s first climate positive data center
EcoDataCenter in Falun will be connected to the local energy system, which in 2013 was praised by
Global District Energy Climate Award 2013 in New York as one of the world's best. The excess heat
from the servers and IT equipment will warm the buildings in Falun through the district heating system.
In the summer time, excess steam from the local electricity plant will run the machines cooling the data
center.
– The collaboration between the data center and the district heating system will ensure that the
emissions are reduced to the extent that EcoDataCenter will have a negative carbon dioxide footprint
over the course of a year. We are connecting the data center to an already sustainable energy system
and can make use of all the energy. Thereby we are building the very first climate positive data center in
the world, says Bengt Gustafsson, CEO of Falu Energi & Vatten.
The electricity powering the data center comes solely from renewable energy sources such as solar,
wind, and water power as well as secondary biofuels.

2. Schneider Electric Sverige AB
Frösundaviks Allé www.schneider-electric.com/se
169 70 Solna, Sweden info@se.schneider-electric.com
Tel: +46 (0)771-360 370
Safety combined with world-class performance
EcoDataCenter is also projected to attain the highest level of availability according to Uptime Institute
Tier IV™, something only twelve other data centers in the world have managed to attain to date. It will
also have an exceptionally high performance level with a guaranteed uptime of 100 percent.
Furthermore EcoDataCenter will attain the highest possible security standards.
Through the cooperation with the world’s leading energy specialist Schneider Electric, EcoDataCenter
will access a broad portfolio of energy efficiency solutions and products that are perfect for this project.
– We live in an age when more and more people are concerned about the global data center industry’s
environmental effects. Internet penetration and the Internet of Things don’t have to happen at the
expense of the climate. IT security and performance is also increasingly critical for companies and
organizations. Therefore, we are tremendously proud to be a part of the creation of this pioneering data
center. EcoDataCenter is the show case for green data and shows that it is very profitable to think out of
the box, says Marc Nezet, Country Manager at Schneider Electric Sweden.
Green is profitable
– With EcoDataCenter, we have also proven that greener is less expensive. The data center is
significantly more energy efficient than regular data centers and the integration with the district heating
and cooling system means that energy is used that otherwise would have been wasted. All of this
lowers the costs both for us and for our clients, says Børge Granli.
The first building of three will be completed in the first quarter of 2016.
EcoDataCenter
• Three buildings, all in all 23 250 square meters.
• 18 megawatts.
• Up-time: 100%.
• Energy sources: Sun, wind, water and secular biofuels.
• Security classification: Tier IV™ (the highest possible). The data center will be protected by
heavy concrete walls and advanced security-, control and surveillance systems.
• PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness): Less than 1.15 (Tier IV™ design)
• Environment-friendly design with houses certified according to LEED Platinum.
• Sedum (flowering plants) on the roofs cooling them throughout the summer.
• Climate: Average annual temperature 5°C. Average number of days per year with max
temperature >25°C is 22 days.
• Site access: 2 km to highway, 25 km to airport, 2 h train to Stockholm
• Sweden has approximately 40-50 percent lower power costs compared to UK electricity prices,
according to statistics from Business Sweden, Nord Pool Spot and the
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change.
For more information, please visit the website or watch the film: www.ecodatacenter.se
More information from Business Sweden: http://www.business-sweden.se/datacenters/
Press event in Falun, February 26
Adress: Falun Energy & Water, Västermalmsvägen 12, Falun.
15.30: Presentation by Falu Energi & Vatten, EcoDC and Schneider Electric
16.30: Tour of the power plant.
RSVP: February 25 to: jan.fahlen@fev.se

3. Schneider Electric Sverige AB
Frösundaviks Allé www.schneider-electric.com/se
169 70 Solna, Sweden info@se.schneider-electric.com
Tel: +46 (0)771-360 370
For more information, please contact:
Derek Webster, Cloud/Colo Investor Relations Director Schneider Electric:
+44 (0)778 9912643
derek.webster@schneider-electric.com
Marc Nezet, Country President Schneider Electric Sweden:
+46 (0)706 643 467
marc.nezet@schneider-electric.com
Børge Granli, Founder EcoDC AB:
+46 (0)702 603 331
borge.granli@ecodc.se
About Schneider Electric
A global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric
offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments and has leading positions in Utilities &
Infrastructures, Industries & Machine Manufacturers, Non-residential Buildings, Data Centres &
Networks and the Residential sector. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and
green, the Group’s 150,000-plus employees achieved sales of 24 billion euros in 2013, through an active
commitment to helping individuals and organisations make the most of their energy.
www.schneider-electric.com
About Falu Energi & Vatten
Falu Energi & Vatten is a municipally (municipality) owned company with a focus on climate neutral
living and future infrastructure in the municipality of Falun. For us it is important that facilities such as
electricity, heating & cooling, broadband, recycling and water works in the best way. We want to help
our children and grandchildren to grow up in a society without emissions, which draws its energy from
local, reusable resources.
About EcoDC AB
EcoDC AB is a Swedish entrepreneurial company that designs and builds climate smart data centers.
We offer the latest technology in order to attain the highest grade of performance and security. Through
efficient design and reuse of energy we can offer high cost efficiency. Our mission is to build the first
climate positive data center in the world.
www.ecodatacenter.se