This document discusses sustainable computing and greening the data center. It notes that exponential growth cannot continue indefinitely on a finite planet. It then discusses how Sun Microsystems has achieved a 44% reduction in servers, 88% space compression, and a 3,227 metric ton reduction in CO2 emissions in their Santa Clara campus data center. Their European data center achieved a 50% utility reduction and 80% space compression. Top-down support is needed to implement sustainable changes. Virtualization technologies and cloud computing can help reduce costs and energy usage. Betfair achieved a 60% reduction in power and cooling for servers through sustainable technologies. Sun's flexible work program has 14,803 participants, saved over 6,600 seats equaling $63.
7. Saving of £5000 per year in electricity costs Reduced costs of employee desktop computing by £20 million over 7 years and almost £200,000 in power costs per year. Companies that Invest in More Sustainable Technologies Save Money! Betfair had a 60% reduction in power and cooling for servers and storage
8. Sun’s Open Work Program for Employees > A Global, Location-Independent Program Providing Technologies, Workspaces, and Best Practices > Award from EPA: 4 th in Nation for Carbon PARTICIPATION Flex Location Workers 14,803 Participants 46% of Work Force Flexible Offices 127 Locations Worldwide BENEFITS PARTICIPATION Flex Location Workers 14,803 Participants 46% of Work Force Flexible Offices 127 Locations Worldwide BENEFITS Real Estate 6,600 Seats Saved/Avoided in FY06 = $63.9M Sun Ray - thin clients Over $24M Saved Annually No-Cost Moves & Energy Savings Business Continuity & Pandemic Response
I am very pleased to be here today at the CBI Climate Change summit to have the opportunity to talk to you about ways to reduce the carbon emissions of your IT operations. Sun have pursued a green agenda for many years, and are recognised a leaders in our industry. Our Corporate Sustainability Unit is represented on the board and works closely with Workplace Resources to ensure that eco-efficiency remains at the forefront of all that we do, from the products we design and build to how we conduct our operations. At Sun we have wide ranging initiatives from greening our datacenters (I'll talk about in a moment) to continuing to consolidate real estate while offering employees more flexible working, making the buildings we keep more efficient. Last year alone this resulted in reducing our GHG emissions (20% in the US last year and 20% globally by 2012), reducing electricity and natural gas consumption (reduced both by 7.5% last year) And our actions, such as developing a more diverse supply chain or requiring ISO 14001 certification for environmental management from our manufacturing partners, ensure that we choose suppliers whose standards and values match our own. ISO 14000 is a series of international standards on environmental management. It provides a framework for the development of an environmental management system and the supporting audit programme. However, for the purposes of this presentation I will focus on computing and how organisations can go about reducing the carbon emissions of their IT operations while delivering significant benefits back to the business.