SustainabilityColocation Services

Carbon-Neutral Colocation Provider

Achieving Net-Zero Operations While Maintaining Competitive Pricing

Carbon NeutralColocationSustainabilityFleet ManagementESG

Carbon Status

Net-Zero

Achieved verified carbon neutrality across all facilities

Fleet PUE

1.28

Standardized efficiency across 12 diverse facilities

Client Retention

98.7%

Highest retention rate in company history

New Revenue

$34M

Premium sustainability contracts secured

The Challenge

A major colocation provider operating 12 facilities across North America faced mounting pressure from enterprise clients demanding verifiable carbon-neutral operations. The company needed to achieve net-zero status without passing prohibitive costs to customers, while competing against providers with lower sustainability standards. Legacy infrastructure across facilities created inconsistent efficiency profiles, with PUE ranging from 1.4 to 2.1.

The Solution

Helios implemented a fleet-wide energy intelligence network that unified monitoring and optimization across all 12 facilities. The platform deployed carbon-aware workload routing that automatically directed compute tasks to facilities with the highest renewable energy availability. Advanced analytics identified $8.2 million in stranded cooling capacity that could be reclaimed through intelligent airflow management.

Implementation Timeline

Fleet Assessment
5 weeks
Cross-facility baseline and opportunity identification
Unified Platform
8 weeks
Central monitoring and control system deployment
Carbon Intelligence
4 weeks
Emissions tracking and optimization activation
Certification
6 weeks
Third-party verification and certification process

Key Insights

Carbon-aware routing reduced Scope 2 emissions by 73% without infrastructure changes
Unified monitoring revealed 23% of cooling capacity was being wasted on empty rack space
Real-time carbon intensity data enabled dynamic renewable energy purchasing optimization
Sustainability dashboards became a key differentiator in enterprise sales cycles

Measurable Impact

Quantified results from this transformation