VMware unveils carbon
avoidance meter to optimise
data centre energy usage
V
Mware, a leading innovator
in enterprise software, has
announced the Carbon Avoidance
Meter (CAM), to provide data centre
operators with near-real time ‘carbon
scores’ – determined from the level of
one’s carbon footprint and energy usage
– and recommendations for reducing
this footprint.
The CAM bases carbon scores on
telemetry data sent to VMware through
VMware Skyline, a proactive support
technology, in order to encourage energy
reduction and inspire sustainable best
practices for the industry.
CAM was announced at RADIO (Research
and Development Innovation Offsite),
VMware’s annual three-day technical
conference bringing together more
than 1,800 of the company’s worldwide
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employees to share innovative ideas
and learn about technical strategies and
projects happening across VMware’s
research and development.
VMware’s R&D organisation developed
CAM as a proof of concept through its
internal product incubator, xLabs, which
aims to take innovative projects through
VMware’s product lifecycle and gives
VMware employees a platform to bring
ideas to life.
Most data centres today consume
power from grids sourced with a mix of
power generation sources such as coal,
nuclear or wind. VMware customers who
subscribe to VMware Skyline can use
CAM to quantify the level of VM density
and, if viable, recommend higher levels
of virtualisation density to further reduce
energy use and carbon emissions.
AN INCREASING
RELIANCE ON
TECHNOLOGIES
SUCH AS MOBILE
AND CLOUD
COMPUTING
HAS LED TO
SIGNIFICANT
ENERGY
GENERATION
FROM DATA
CENTRES.
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