Championing Energy Efficiency in the Data Center An IBM Server Consolidation Analysis

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Energy efficiency has long been a top priority at a large natural gas and electric utility headquartered in the United States. Many organizations around the globe are looking to reduce power consumption and many are even facing a data center power scarcity. This utility company, teaming with IBM, is currently undertaking a server consolidation of their data center with the explicit goal of greatly reducing power consumption and increasing their own energy efficiency.
This paper will highlight business and IT goals, discuss server consolidation and its advantages, outline original and target configurations, analyze estimated energy savings, and conclude with next steps for clients and IBM.

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A large natural gas and electric utility company headquartered in the United States has the primary business of delivering energy. The company provides natural gas and electric service to millions of clients throughout a large portion of the state. The utility company’s current vision is to become a leading utility in the United States by pleasing customers, motivating employees and rewarding shareholders.
The utility continuously seeks ways to reduce its environmental footprint. Through policies, management systems, review processes, and programs, the company ensures that operations meet all applicable environmental requirements and then works to go beyond the legal and regulatory requirements.
The utility company is indeed leading by example, partnering with IBM to stay green in their data center. It is IBM’s goal to sustain leadership in energy conservation and management and to minimize the impact of its use of energy on the environment. IBM is delivering new technologies that allow systems to use less power, generate less heat, and use less energy to cool the system. With the strong IBM commitment to climate protection, high “eco efficient” solutions are being provided. As a leader in this area, the utility company is taking advantage of these solutions. Teaming with IBM, they are currently undertaking a server consolidation of their data center with the explicit goal of greatly increasing their own energy efficiency.
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