Data Centre Energy Efficiency Assessment

Business Issues

As organisations look to their IT and Data Centre resources to reduce their energy costs and with the impending threat of legislation for energy and carbon control, data centre management must ensure that their investments in energy efficiency reduce energy costs are pragmatic and effective.

Effecting change in the data centre is a long process and requires meticulous planning and in a market full of new investment opportunities identifying the correct and prioritised course of action is not a simple task.

Business Solution

Establishing a strategic prioritised plan that drives an ordered programme of change for data centre energy efficiency addresses these issues and can increase the business value and effectiveness of the infrastructure and in delivering IT services.

Through regular (annual) assessment and gap analysis of current data centre infrastructure, management tools, processes and service delivery objectives, long term strategy can be rationalised with other strategic business and corporate initiatives. Considered programmes of change can be established with predictable ROI and through benchmarking and maturity modelling, achievement against objectives can be measured and plans adjusted as appropriate.

Using proven consulting methodologies Dimension 85 has developed a non-invasive solution that assesses and benchmarks your data centre infrastructure against energy efficiency best practices and current technology potential.

This vendor and technology-independent management service identifies areas of opportunity to enhance energy efficiency, establishes opportunities for service and cost enhancement and presents a set of pragmatic and cost effective recommendations enabling priorities, resources and ROI potential to be identified.

Data Centre Energy Efficiency Assessment Delivers

1. Capability Maturity analysis of data centre infrastructure and management processes and resources
2. Energy efficiency assessment of processes, technology and other infrastructure resources
3. Potential enhancement identification and cost-effective recommendations
4. Transfer of information that will contribute to future investment decisions

Benefits

Regular independent assessment of your data centre infrastructure for energy efficiency is accepted best practice, contributes significantly to identifying cost saving and productivity enhancements and can aid in vendor and technology selection process. Further significant benefits include:

1. Increased insight into the energy effciency status of the data centre.
2. Identification of potential opportunities for enhanced energy efficiency.
3. Energy-efficiency oriented priority approach to programme of change.
4. Potential for reduced cost and more efficient infrastructure.
5. Establishes a baseline for future assessment activities.

Register today and find out how Dimension 85 enhances your data centre energy efficiency programme planning.