80 PLUS 'Ruby' certification announced for the data center, with a higher-end 96.5% efficiency

CLEAResult is North America's largest energy efficiency, energy transition and energy sustainability services provider, announcing its new 80 PLUS "Ruby" certification, the highest level of energy efficiency certification ever established for data center server PSUs worldwide.

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We have all been hearing and reading about the supersonic rise in data center storage and AI-powered applications, which has been driving a greater energy efficiency in data center operations. CLEAResult says that data centers make up approximately 0.4% of the total US electricity consumption, with this figure expected to "rise dramatically" to somewhere between 6.7% and 12% by 2028 as storage, data processing, and AI workloads expand.

Divakar Jandhyala, CLEAResult's Chief Product & Technology Officer said: "Achieving the highest standard of operations for data centers is critical as energy demand quickly grows and we are proud that the 80 PLUS Ruby certification is setting the example of what optimal data center energy efficiency can look like worldwide".

Jason Boehlke, Senior Energy Sustainability Practice Manager at CLEAResult, added: "It represents a next-level benchmark, providing the industry with a standard for both performance and energy usage".

Atthapon Sermkarndee, Senior Qualification Engineering Manager with Delta Electronics Thailand added: "We achieved three certifications and see the value in 80 PLUS Ruby certifications. It adds a level of trust in efficacy that the whole industry can rely on".

What is 80 PLUS certification program? 80 PLUS® is a performance specification and certification program for internal power supply units (PSUs). One can easily access 80 PLUS® certified products and testing reports through our online portal. Its performance specification requires power supplies in computers and servers to be 80% energy efficient or greater at 10%, 20%, 50% and 100% of rated load with a true power factor of 0.9 or higher.

80 PLUS® offer seven levels of certification for internal power supplies at increasing ratings of energy efficiency ranging from Standard to Ruby:

• 80 PLUS® Standard
• 80 PLUS® Bronze
• 80 PLUS® Silver
• 80 PLUS® Gold
• 80 PLUS® Platinum
• 80 PLUS® Titanium
• 80 PLUS® Ruby

There are currently seven categories of certified power supplies:

• 115V Internal desktop
• 230V EU Internal desktop
• 115V Industrial
• 230V Internal Redundant AC data center
• 380V Internal Redundant DC data center
• 277V Internal Redundant AC data center
• 480V Internal Redundant AC data center