Green IT shows patchy new shoots, says survey
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More than half (54%) of IT managers in manufacturing feel they’re under pressure to reduce energy consumption in their data centres, and 64% plan to reduce their carbon footprint in the next 18 months.
Those are among key findings from a survey by distributor Zycko – which also reveals that 61% do not know how much power their data centres draw, although 82% say they have green policies and enable employees to work remotely.
Interestingly, though, just over half (54%) enforce shutting down of computers at night and during weekends.
Cost and lack of resources were cited as the biggest barriers to improving companies’ green credentials (61%), followed by lack of knowledge of the options available (21%).
David Galton-Fenzi, Zycko’s group sales director, comments: “In most cases implementing greener IT measures inevitability results in cost savings. This, coupled with the fact that the UK manufacturing sector is currently suffering from the effects of the global downturn, makes a compelling case for addressing inefficiency in the data centre.”
And he adds: “Contrary to popular belief, addressing power inefficiencies does not require an army of staff and hefty IT budget… Already available solutions enable servers to be powered on and off, heat and cooling to be monitored, and power delivery to be examined and adjusted.
“As we see more IT managers in this sector working with their suppliers to implement such systems, the benefits will be both financial and environmental.”
