Description

Energy efficiency improved by setting up digital assets to run on fewer, more powerful servers, instead of a higher number of smaller ones.

Suggested actions

• virtualise unused servers and store disk images to a low power medium, only turning on when needed
• centralise servers and storage in fewer, larger data centres and use technology to share resources
• set goals for low or average server use, consider load to power profiles to reduce risks

Case study

How the Home Office’s Immigration Technology department reduced its cloud costs by 40%

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