The non-profit organization is supported by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Alliance to Save Energy. Members of The Green Grid seek to reduce the amount of energy used by data center and other IT facilities by setting and promoting best practices, construction and design in data center operation.

It will also serve as an interactive resource for IT professionals, enabling them to share proven practices in data center energy management as well as work with other organizations to identify new energy industry-standards and metrics. The organization is open to all IT professionals interested in addressing global energy consumption issues, particularly data center managers and IT operations executives.

Founding membership is also open to companies such as ISVs, IHVs, systems integrators and VARs, analyst firms, utility companies and anyone else concerned about energy efficiency issues in the enterprise. The Green Grid sponsors will help enable and fund the member-driven organization.