Data center customers prefer savings over sustainability

Still plenty of reasons to reduce energy savings
There are still plenty of reasons for companies with data centers to go green, despite the fact that sustainability does not serve as key leverage for attracting business. First and foremost, the cost savings associated with sustainable data center design are truly substantial. In a short Q&A with Consulting-Specifying Engineer, several engineers related the savings they saw through sustainable operations in their data facilities.

For example, Andrew Baxter, principal engineer at Austin-based agricultural firm Page, noted that sustainable data center design was expected to save his company $35 million over 10 years. Companies can even look to reduce expenses in current data centers by updating their hardware. Scanning the data center for holes in efficiency with an energy monitor is easy thanks to affordable serial-to-Ethernet gear. You and your IT team can start to fill in the gaps and limit energy consumption where they find it, helping your entire facility to run more efficiently.

Perle's serial to Ethernet converters connect serial based equipment across an Ethernet network. The Perle IOLAN range of Console Servers, Device Servers and Terminal Servers feature built-in support for IPv6 along with a broad range of authentication methods and encryption technologies.