The Data Center Consolidation Project

Data center consolidation projects are not out of fashion yet. NYC and the feds move to consolidate their sprawling infrastructure to gain financial and energy efficiencies. ...

NYC Data Center Consolidation via InformationWeek: "current IT infrastructure of New York City is fragmented, with more than 50 unique data centers serving nearly 48 city agencies, many located in prime commercial real estate space. " NYC IT plans overhaul of data infrastructure: "The consolidation will lower the City’s cost of operations by up to $100 million over five years, reduce energy consumption and emissions, strengthen security, and improve overall IT service quality for agencies."

Federal Data Center Consolidation via Data Center Knowledge: Agencies are challenged to ... "prepare an inventory of the IT assets by April 30 and develop a preliminary data center consolidation plan by June 30. " by Federal CIO.

Working Capital Impact

Target comatose servers to reduce capital requirements and ultimately increase energy efficiency. ...

. .. "Every comatose commodity server shut down or eliminated by consolidation or physical virtualization, recovers between $1,500 and $2,500 in CapEx capacity. " ...

Via Forbes: IT Energy

Green Data Center Project

Emerson will eat its own dog food to achieve LEED Silver rating for its new green data center in St. Louis, which will support a program to consolidate its global data centers. ...

... "We've been telling our customers that the data center needs to be flexible, reliable and operate at the lowest total cost of ownership, said Victor Lee, chief technology officer for Emerson Network Power. This project gives us a chance to implement the strategies and technologies we recommend to our customers, and will give us a chance to share our first-hand experience after being in their shoes. " ...

Via Emerson: State-of-the-Art Global Data Center