Last week, Uptime Institute staff Vince Renaud and I attended The Green Grid Technical Forum where we met Harkeeret Singh, Global Head of Energy for Technology Operations in Thomson Reuters and Green Grid Advisory board member. Harqs is the lead author on The Green Grid’s Data Center Maturity Model (which is available for public consumption now).
In the video, Harqs and I chat about the new DCMM tool, and the challenges for implementing it.
Uptime Institute is now regularly publishing online videos: profiling data center leaders, commenting on new tools and metrics and showcasing data center operational excellence in its Network membership. 
[...] Matt: The Green Grid’s Power Usage Effectiveness metric is widely accepted as a gauge for measuring your data center infrastructure’s efficiency – but it only looks at the power and cooling systems. To get a holistic view of your company’s data center “greeness,” you should check out The Green Grid’s newest offering, the Data Center Maturity Model. [...]