What If IT Had To Pay The Power Bill?

Recently, BAO conducted their quarterly survey of one hundred IT professionals for us.

When they asked who has responsibility for power management in the data center they learned that it was a mix of IT, Facilities, IT & Facilities, and third party or co-location hosted facilities. This is because for most organizations the responsibility for the power bill usually sits with the Facilities department.

When asked "How are you measuring your power consumption?" about half of the IT managers asked just didn't know. 

 

 

These results are in line with information BAO has gathered from past surveys for Viridity Software. It's not unusual to learn that data centers are spending more on their energy bill than they are on capital equipment.  One reason for this is that the department ordering equipment for the data center is not the same group that pays the power bill.

What if IT paid the power bill?

If the IT department received the power bill instead of the Facilities department, they would understand the total impact of adding new equipment to the data center.  Technology investment decisions might be made based on being more energy efficient as it would impact data center ROI along with meeting business objectives.

Viridity EnergyCenter software helps both IT and Facilities managers get the information they need to monitor the power consumption and utilization of all of the networked equipment in the data center.  With this insight and actionable information, they can drive down costs and extend the life of their existing data centers. Our customers often discover 20% to 40% improvements in data center energy efficiency right away.  

So, which ever department ends up with the power bill, using Viridity EnergyCenter and putting best practices into place, they'll see their power bill get smaller instead of larger. And, that's good for the whole organization.