eBay has more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), making it one of the world's largest online marketplaces. Founded in 1995, eBay connects a diverse and passionate community of individual buyers and sellers, as well as small businesses. In 2011, the total value of goods sold on eBay was $68.6 billion – or $2000 per second.
eBay has been a member of The Green Grid at the Contributor level and as a member of the Advisory Council since September 2008. eBay is involved with The Green Grid since they realize that the tools and products that The Green Grid produces are of great value to any data center operator and have implemented the PUE, WUE, and CUE metrics in their facilities and use the DCMM in the design and construction of their facilities. eBay’s role on the Advisory Council gives them the ability to ensure that The Green Grid is working for the best interest of the user community.
eBay is always looking for new designs, cooling methods, infrastructure initiatives, etc. that will have a positive impact on operations. Guided by PUE they can use that measurement to influence decisions that will help their facilities run better, use less energy, and support the needs of our business in the most cost effective way. For the past few years, they have been in a constant cycle of facility design and construction. With each iteration of design, eBay is able to make better use of new and efficient designs while providing flexible, cost efficient data center space that meets their business needs.
Participant Feature: Eric Brown
About Eric: Eric Brown is the Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives for Thomson Reuters. He has over 15 year of Technology Operations and management experience. Recent roles have included transformation projects such as organization integration, process redesign, and a time to market initiative that reduced end to end infrastructure deployment times by over 70%. Eric participates in a variety of steering committees and industry focused working groups. He holds a B.A. From Goucher College
Eric is a key contributor to The Green Grid’s Technical Committee. He currently leads the IT Recycling Metric Task Force under the Metrics & Measurement Work Group. The goal of this task force is to develop a new metric to increase industry awareness regarding the responsible disposal of IT assets. Once the metric is adopted by a broad base, the hope is that more e-waste will enter both the reuse and responsible recycling channels. A supporting white paper regarding the metric is due to be published in the coming months.
Why Are You Involved In The Green Grid?
I am involved in The Green Grid because I want to be part of the big picture; I want to help make a difference today and into the future as we learn, define, and guide the industry on a path of energy efficiency, awareness, and action.