Data centres lacking green initiatives

30 per cent of data managers have yet to implement a formal green policy.

That’s, like, a third. Almost.

Curse them all, but thanks to the good people of VNU we the people now know about it and can encourage the pesky men and women of the data centre world to pull their collective green fingers out.

Managers are, apparently, investing in some technology to monitor energy, but one in ten had no idea about a formal policy at all.

“A green policy can help to remind staff across the business that they have a duty to the environment, and can explain how the decisions they take can make a real difference,” said David Perry, European sales director at Aperture Technologies.

 “But for it to be truly effective data centres must have tools in place to monitor, manage and optimise the energy they use to power and cool devices.”