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This will require tracking a wide range of metrics that can be used to assess and track the environmental impact of datacentres, rather than operators remaining as focused as they are today on solely tracking PUE.įor instance, operators should drill down into their PUE data to keep tabs on how much of the energy their facilities use come from renewable sources, and from here take steps to measure the greenhouse gas emissions created by their operations. This needs to be addressed, she said, to ensure the energy efficiency improvements the datacentre sector has made over the course of the past decade – evidenced by the drop in industry average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) scores from 1.7 to 1.2 – can be capitalised on. “The common thread you see here… is the sustainability action gap, in simple words is the difference between what I say and what I actually do,” she said.Īs an example, she cited the responses shared by the colocation providers who participated in the poll, who said customers were the “number one” driving force behind their “sustainability journey”, but only 43% said they had a “comprehensive sustainability programme” in place.

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The company, with the help of IT market watchers Canalys, Forrester and 451 Research, has collected data from 3,000 global participants representing the colocation and cloud community, together with members of the IT solutions provider and IT professional sectors.ĭuring a reveal of the data, during Schneider Electric’s The Future is Now: Preparing IT Infrastructure for Net-Zero Operations virtual event on Wednesday 8 June 2022, Elena Fedotova, vice-president for the secure power division at Schneider Electric France, shared details of some of the key findings from the collected data.Īmong them was the discovery that, despite the wide range of challenges participants from all of the groups face, they are all struggling to ensure their statements of intent on IT sustainability live up to their actions.

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