Two vertical sectors that are generally regarded as being among the least affluent , Education and Arts / Culture , emerged as the least switched-on to the impact of energy efficiency on total cost of ownership . Examples : |
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• At 50 %, Education organisations are the least likely to have serverrelated energy costs as a line item in their IT budgets ; just 14 % of |
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• 33 % agree that server-related energy costs should be a line-item in their IT budgets , while 36 % disagree .
• 56 % say that server-related energy costs are a line item in the IT budget and 32 % say they are not .
• 47 % say their IT department has an energy-efficiency and sustainability policy .
• 24 % say energy efficiency is of less importance when purchasing servers than it was 12 months ago .
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One explanation for the variation between the organisations with more / fewer servers may be expectations around energy prices : respondents from organisations with 10 + servers are twice as optimistic as respondents from organisations with two to five servers that energy prices will revert to long-term norms within two years .
The age of respondents heavily influences their prioritisation of IT energy efficiency . For example :
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Data – compiled in a new report from server manufacturer , ASUS , Energyefficiency in the data centre – indicates that organisations with fewer servers prioritise energy efficiency far more highly . For example , among organisations with two to five servers :
• 62 % agree that energy efficiency should be a factor in their server purchasing decisions , compared with just 6 % that disagree . More ( 71 %) say that energy efficiency is a factor in such decisions .
• 62 % agree that server-related energy costs should be a line-item in their IT budgets , while 8 % disagree .
• 89 % say that server-related energy as a line item in the IT budget and 9 % say they are not .
• 81 % say their IT department has an energy-efficiency and sustainability policy .
• 3 % say energy efficiency is of less importance when purchasing servers than it was 12 months ago .
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• 57 % of respondents aged 25 – 34 agreed that server-related energy costs should be a line item in their IT budgets , with 21 % disagreeing . Among respondents aged 55 or over , just 19 % agreed and almost half ( 46 %) disagreed .
• 55 % of respondents aged 25 – 34 say that energy efficiency should be a factor in server purchasing decisions . This fell to 51 % for 35 – 44 year olds , 51 % for 45 – 54 year olds and 42 % for respondents 55 or over .
Younger respondents are almost twice as likely to act on their prioritisation of energy efficiency . When asked ‘ Is energy efficiency a priority in the server purchase process ?’:
• 60 % of respondents aged 25 – 34 and 61 % of respondents aged 35 – 44 said Yes ; just 15 % of 25 – 34 year olds said No .
• 31 % of respondents aged 55 or over said Yes , while 46 % of this cohort said No .
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