KOHLER CO . we going to continue to tweak and refine and make our existing products more efficient so they run cleaner and greener ? The answer is both .”
Kohler pledges to continue to innovate and develop revolutionary new products while increasing the efficiency of existing products to adhere to the EPA Tier 4 final specification in the US for emissions . “ We ’ re changing approaches to maintenance routines and testing procedures ,” adds Farney . “ We ’ re aligning our engine technologies so we can help data centre operators do their testing and operations and maintenance in a cleaner , greener way .”
Farney acknowledges that data centres are power hungry ; they currently consume almost 3 % of global power as they react to the culture of our insatiable appetite for technology and connectivity . “ We ’ re living in what I call a data centred economy ,” he says . “ Everyone starts and ends the day with a data centre whether it ' s Facebook , LinkedIn , Instagram or Twitter . As we move through this fourth industrial revolution our need for bits on the wire and images in the cloud increases . Data centre providers react to that and they ' re growing their footprint accordingly . At Kohler we want to help them plan their power sources in the most sustainable ways possible . We ’ re looking at engine technology and operational routines so we can further reduce emissions and diesel fuel consumption .”
Kohler is using sustainability as a platform to drive both its new product development and for the enhancement of existing solutions . It collaborates across the industry within a sphere of knowledge leadership to continue to develop new products with the
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