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Energy efficiency is not a one-time effort. It requires commitment, adaptability and vigilance to keep improving.
Energy efficiency is not a one-time effort. It requires commitment, adaptability and vigilance to keep improving: all the ingredients needed for the business practice known as continuous improvement.
With an ever-growing number of IoT devices, servers, networking hardware and more, the data center may always seem to be an eyelash away from becoming an unmanageable drain of resources and electricity. But now, with increasing emphasis on sustainability, it may not be simply enough to keep pace and continuous improvement in IT—particularly the data center.
Some general strategies have been developed in recent years, including “continuous energy improvement,” which attempts to make energy efficiency a daily and continuous practice. Utility company Pacific Gas and Electric boils it down this way:
“Most organizations respond tactically to these challenges with audits and technical projects that address narrow energy efficiency or cost-savings goals. Those important and useful tactics will not allow your organization to reach its most ambitious goals for effectively and efficiently managing your organization’s energy use,” the utility writes. “To achieve significant, long-term results from an energy management plan, you must approach it the way you handle safety, quality, supply chain management and financial controls—as an integrated part of the company’s operating culture.”
It’s an ambitious strategy and an even more ambitious goal. But getting there, particularly if a business runs a data center and growing IT footprint, is the challenge.
Enter Schneider Electric. The company’s EcoStruxure IT, a comprehensive DCIM solution, provides an end-to-end nerve center for managing data center infrastructure and supports Schneider Electric’s focus on sustainability. EcoStruxure IT ensures business continuity by enabling secure monitoring, management, insights, planning, and modeling whether from a single IT rack to hyper-scale IT, on premises, in the cloud and at the edge.
Equipped with advanced features and functionalities, EcoStruxure IT empowers data center managers to optimize energy efficiency, enhance reliability and reduce operational costs.
By closely monitoring and analyzing critical data center components, such as power usage and cooling systems, the software aids in making informed decisions for resource allocation and expansion strategies.
Solution providers interested in learning more about EcoStruxure IT can review product details at Schneider Electric’s website, and those interested in joining the company’s Technology Partners Program can review more details and apply here.
