eBay Inc. has recently rolled out the world's first mission critical data center using fuel-cell technology as its primary power source, resulting in more available and reliable power with lower environmental impact. The Salt Lake City data center, designed by Winter Street Architects and built by DPR Construction, is highlighted in the latest edition of the DPR Review.

eBay Inc.’s decision to change gears from a more traditional design to the cleaner, greener power solution advanced its vision for a more environmentally sustainable future, according to Dean Nelson, eBay’s vice president of Global Foundation Services.

“By challenging the status quo on how data centers have been designed for the last 30 years, we’ve yielded even bigger returns,” Nelson explained. “In implementing a design like this, we’ve been able to ‘move the needle’ as we measure the increased efficiency of each transaction for our business.”

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