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This is an edited extract from our business paper Data Center + IT Collaboration to Cut Carbon: An Applications to Data Centers perspective for CIOs, CTOs, CSOs and Data Center Leaders.
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PART 2 / 8
This is an edited extract from our business paper Data Center + IT Collaboration to Cut Carbon: An Applications to Data Centers perspective for CIOs, CTOs, CSOs and Data Center Leaders.
Click below to gain instant access to the full white paper now. Or stay tuned as we release a new section each week.
How to grow a greener data strategy using sustainable practices.
Data centers are where the physical infrastructure of the internet intersect with digital services which drive economic efficiencies and act as sustainability enablers.
Digitalization is a major driver of decarbonization. According to a 2022 Accenture survey, “Delivering on the sustainability agenda will be impossible without technology. Every respondent in the survey of 560 companies with over $1 billion in revenue said technology was either ‘important’ or ‘very important’ for achieving their sustainability targets.”
Within this, the roles of CIOs and senior data center managers in meeting corporate sustainability targets are undisputed. But they cannot act by separately looking at half the picture. Greater collaboration based on shared data is vital.
CIOs and CTOs should look to reduce and eradicate the separation between IT, FM and M+E to find sustainability and carbon cutting benefits.
Data center facility infrastructure is often managed by a single team that is responsible for everything from the power utility down right down to the rack based PDU (Power Distribution Unit).
On the IT side, things are often more complicated. The IT value chain in the data center whitespace can be delineated across different teams in network, storage, server, sysadmins, cyber security, and other disciplines.
In such an ecosystem, each team might choose and use different tools and strategies to manage and make the most of their resources.
However, when it comes to addressing a topic as big as GHG emissions, there is a strong argument that the only viable solution begins with gaining an understanding of the carbon profile of the full digital infrastructure stack.
This can be achieved through collaboration, setting a common set of sustainable goals, agreeing standards, measurement procedures, processes, and even platforms. This also relies on the accuracy and timeliness of data.
It means wherever possible using a common approach to measuring everything from the carbon impact of the data center to the IT, how it is powered and how infrastructure is operated.
Data Center + IT Collaboration to Cut Carbon
Addressing the ESG, decarbonization and sustainability challenges to providing net zero data centers and IT. A paper for CTOs, CIOs and Data Center professionals.
