MONITORING AND CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE IS IMPORTANT FOR OPTIMAL EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE AND TO SAVE UNNECESSARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION .
HOW CENTRALISED MONITORING FOR DATA CENTRES CAN EMPOWER SUSTAINABLE FUTURES
Martin Hodgson , Regional Sales Manager Northern Europe , Paessler AG , discusses the pursuit of sustainable practices and how solutions should be adopted which ensure monitoring for energy efficiency , uninterrupted operations and shielding data centres from digital threats .
s the demand for data continues its relentless
A growth , data centres have become the vital infrastructure of the digital age . While this presents a significant opportunity , it also brings to the forefront an urgent need for responsible environmental stewardship .
Various initiatives have been set in motion to harness the excess heat generated by these data centres for purposes such as heating public swimming pools or student housing . Nevertheless , these efforts alone are insufficient in effectively mitigating the escalating emissions stemming from data centres – this is precisely where the role of data centre monitoring becomes indispensable in ensuring sustainable operations .
Advanced monitoring technologies prove invaluable in enhancing energy efficiency , bolstering security measures and reducing the environmental footprint of data centres . By implementing these cutting-edge monitoring systems , data centres can become key agents for positive change in the ongoing quest for sustainability .
Challenges in implementing sustainable IT strategies and real-time data centre monitoring
Despite climate change and sustainability being top of the news agenda in recent years , research by Paessler reveals that only 37 % of companies globally have started to work on sustainable IT strategies . While this is good news , data stored in data centres can be subjected to environmental and security issues if it isn ’ t monitored and analysed in real-time . For example , approximately 50 % of the energy on the OT level in data centres is used for IT cooling . The use of the right cooling technology can reduce energy consumption by a third , but this can only be measured if it is monitored .
Paessler research also shows that cloud adoption remains slow , with just 19 % of global storage infrastructure in the
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MONITORING AND CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE IS IMPORTANT FOR OPTIMAL EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE AND TO SAVE UNNECESSARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION .
cloud – but this will no doubt increase exponentially in the coming years . Data centres have been under scrutiny when it comes to their environmental impact , and this is why regular
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