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As part of the green initiative and IT transformation program, Hewlett Packard has completed consolidation of 85 internal IT data centres into just six locations thus reducing costs, eliminate older technologies and improve service levels, while also decreasing the environmental impact of its facilities. It recently shut down all the existing data centres spread across Singapore, Korea, China, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and India, resulting in saving worth US$175 million.

Faisal Paul, head ESS Marketing & Growth Initiatives, HP India said “We have now consolidated our existing data centres to just six in three locations. By doing so we have achieved a 60% reduction in annual energy use through thermal mapping, virtualisation, technology refresh. Besides 80% more processing power with 80% fewer servers and also reduced the data storage costs while doubling the capacity”.

Source: CXO Today

Just off the North Sea coast in the UK, Hewlett-Packard’s EDS unit has built a data centre that largely relies on cold sea air to keep servers chilled and – by doing so – cut the centre’s cooling power needs in half. The expected reduction in electricity costs, from US$15 million to US$7.5 million, is achieved through a combination of factors that may begin with a 12-foot raised floor, which is easily three to four times the height of a typical data centre raised floor.

The higher floor allowed designers to install fans 7.5 feet in diameter that bring in outside air to cool the 305,000 sq ft data centre. The larger fans are more efficient than a series of smaller fans, said Ed Kettler, an EDS fellow. EDS is the HP division that is building the data centre in Wynyard for its clients. “That is a relatively new approach as far as we can tell,” he said.

Source: Computer World