{"id":36987,"date":"2020-06-10T17:43:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T17:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vmengine.net\/2020\/06\/10\/the-carbon-footprint-of-it-operations-aws-reduces-emissions-by-88\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:21:46","slug":"the-carbon-footprint-of-it-operations-aws-reduces-emissions-by-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/2020\/06\/10\/the-carbon-footprint-of-it-operations-aws-reduces-emissions-by-88\/","title":{"rendered":"The Carbon Footprint of IT Operations: AWS Reduces Emissions by 88%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_170 et_section_regular\" >\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_256\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_253  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_407  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>On the one hand, there is a growing need for effective data centers. On the other hand, there are the environmental risks related to the consequent increase in energy consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Yet there is a way to reduce the so-called &#8220;<em>carbon footprint<\/em>&#8221; of online operations and someone at <strong>the Amazon Web Service<\/strong> headquarters must know it very well because in recent years the big company&#8217;s efforts to keep up with the times and respect the ever-growing environmental sensitivity of citizens have been enormous.<\/p>\n<p>According to a study conducted by <strong>451 Research<\/strong>, a technology research group within S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence that provides insight into emerging technologies and the companies that bring them to market, moving on-premises workloads to AWS can reduce the carbon footprint of U.S. enterprise data centers by 88 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Carbon emissions are a factor determined by three elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the number of servers running<\/li>\n<li>the total energy required to power each server<\/li>\n<li>the carbon intensity of the energy sources used to power these<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_159 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/reducecarbonfootprintwithvmengine-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" class=\"wp-image-31913\" srcset=\"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/reducecarbonfootprintwithvmengine-min.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/reducecarbonfootprintwithvmengine-min-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/reducecarbonfootprintwithvmengine-min-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/reducecarbonfootprintwithvmengine-min-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/reducecarbonfootprintwithvmengine-min-720x720.jpg 720w\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_408  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>A recent blog post by Jeff Barr discusses why using fewer servers and powering them more efficiently is as important in terms of reducing the carbon footprint of an enterprise data center as its energy mix.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon Web Service&#8217;s infrastructure was 3.6 times more energy-efficient than the average enterprise data center surveyed, thanks in part to more energy-efficient servers.<\/p>\n<p>A large-scale <strong>cloud provider<\/strong> typically <strong>achieves around 65% of server utilization rates compared to 15% for on-premise providers<\/strong>, meaning that when businesses move to the cloud, they set up less than a quarter of the servers compared to on-premise solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention,<strong> the energy usage efficiency of an on-premises data center is 29% lower than large-scale cloud providers<\/strong> that use facilities, high-end cooling systems, and equipment optimized for the high-level workload.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_160 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31915\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_409  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Daniel <strong>Bizo, Principal Analyst for Datacenter Services &amp; Infrastructure at 451 Research,<\/strong> said: &#8220;<em>A<\/em><em>mazon <\/em><em>W<\/em><em>eb <\/em><em>S<\/em><em>ervices <\/em><em>has a structural advantage stemming from its organizational design, which aligns the data center structure and IT teams, engineering expertise, and custom hardware with the Cloud business model that helps drive server utilization far more than is possible for companies<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Renewables also play a significant role in reducing our carbon footprint, and Amazon will continue to develop new projects in the renewables sector to achieve ambitious goals:  <strong>80% renewable energy by 2024 and 100% by 2030. More than 50% of the energy consumed by AWS in 2018 came from renewable sources.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just a few months ago, AWS announced the construction of four new wind farms and a new solar power park. These projects \u2013 two in Ireland, one in Sweden and two in the United States \u2013 will produce a total of more than 297 megawatts (MW), with more than 830,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable energy each year.<\/p>\n<p>Once completed, it is estimated that these solar panels and wind farms, along with the nine previous renewable energy projects, will generate <strong>over 2,900,000 MWh of renewable energy per year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_161 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/giphy-1.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31917\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_410  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>This is proof that the sentiment of citizens and businesses has changed and that sensitivity to sustainability issues has increased dramatically.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><em><em>Important sustainability commitments have been made<\/em><em> <\/em><em> <\/em><em>and<\/em><em> progress has been made in multiple areas of their operations. <\/em><em>However, even with an emphasis on sustainability<\/em><em><\/em><\/em><\/strong><em>, data center and IT management is not a core competency of most companies, and they lack the resources to make major and comprehensive investments in infrastructure efficiency. AWS is making significant investments in efficiency and renewable energy<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What does this mean in practical terms? According to calculations by &#8220;<strong>451 Research<\/strong>&#8220;, by migrating an average 1-megawatt enterprise data center with 30% utilization to AWS, a customer could reduce their carbon emissions by 400 to 1000 tons per year.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but this carbon advantage will increase in the coming years, as AWS will continue to take advantage of technological advancement and further increase its use of renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_cta_82 et_animated et_pb_promo  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_promo_description\">\n<h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Reducing consumption and increasing performance is possible<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Request an appointment with VMEngine&#8217;s AWS Cloud Architects to assess the impact the cloud can have on your enterprise<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_promo_button\" href=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/contacts\/\">Book an appointment<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the one hand, there is a growing need for effective data centers. 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