NGD was selected as a Finalist by the judging panel based on the following credentials:
- The foresight to recognise the growing importance of power availability to future-proof high density compute requirements being driven by virtualisation and cloud computing
- The transformation of a semi-conductor plant into a successful world class data centre achieving and maintaining PUEs as low as 1.2
- A longstanding 100 per cent commitment to renewable energy demonstrating it is possible to reconcile vast power and resilience requirements with a genuinely green carbon reduction agenda
- Large economies of scale allowing flexibility to accommodate both very large and very small customers at very competitive prices
- Impressive security, operational and environmental accreditations: IL-3, ISO 27001/14001/9001,SSAE-16 / SAS70, PCI DSS, and BREEAM