At eBay, we’re building some of the world’s most efficient data centers, and we want other companies to do the same. GigaOM reported earlier this week about eBay’s new Digital Service Efficiency (DSE) report, which measures how efficiently buying and selling transactions are delivered in terms of revenue, performance, cost and carbon footprint. The report…

Many of you will remember that in the spring of 2010 we opened Topaz, our first wholly-owned data center in South Jordan (which was awarded LEED Gold status by the US Green Building Council). Since then we’ve continued to invest in Utah and worked to demonstrate our commitment to make our operations there even more efficient and sustainable.

eBay’s Topaz data center was awarded the prestigious LEED® Gold certification, verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). Topaz becomes one of only a small handful of data centers on U.S. soil to achieve LEED Gold.