ENTERPRISE IT
to the cloud , businesses can reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint by up to 90 %. Meanwhile , AWS says running business applications on remote servers can reduce energy usage by nearly 80 % and carbon emissions by up to 96 %.
Sustainability has increasingly become a core consideration for IT decisionmakers when shaping their cloud strategies , with 74 % of respondents to a Colt survey describing it as an important part of their cloud operations . By utilising XaaS offerings , businesses can benefit from a scalable approach to on-premises and hybrid workloads coupled with environmental benefits .
“ We help our customers right-size the technology they need and manage IT from edge to cloud , instead of buying assets and over-provisioning ,” says Valerie Da Fonseca , WW Sales and GTM Director , HPE Greenlake cloud services at Hewlett Packard Enterprise . “ 30 % of large data centre servers are unused . That means a waste of US $ 30bn dollars annually .”
“ We try to help address the key causes of inefficiencies , while helping GreenLake customers execute an efficient hybrid multi-cloud delivery model ,” Da Fonseca adds . “ That really helps deliver many of the sustainability benefits that we commonly associate with the public cloud .
“ Using the as-a-service consumption model really helps our customers get exactly the same experience with the benefits of sustainability ,” she continues . “ Our modelling indicates that customers transitioning from a traditional CapEx model to another service , like HPE GreenLake , can achieve a more than 30 % reduction in their energy costs .”
“ Businesses are shifting toward consumptionbased pricing because it offers agility , affordability and minimal capital commitment ”
MICHAEL KANAZAWA FOUNDER / CEO , BOARD DIRECTOR , EY
100 February 2023