Sepaton Inc., a Marlborough-based data protection and security firm, said it had joined the Green Grid, a nonprofit consortium of IT companies that wants to reduce power consumption in data centers.
Sepaton is in the data “de-duplication” business, which is aimed at reducing the dependence on tape for data back-up. The company and others say it’s possible to back up more data on fewer disks, which would cut down on the amount of electricity used in data centers.
Sepaton said more data is being generated and stored now than ever before. Green Grid is aimed at improving energy efficiency in data centers and is open to companies and IT professionals interested in improving data center power consumption.
