How your IT Infrastructure can enhance sustainability

How your IT Infrastructure
can enhance sustainability

In 2023, 60% of European organisations will prioritise digital investments for sustainability-related goals. The challenge is that a typical midsize organisation will need to find another £1 million over the next 5 years to fund the rising energy costs of powering their data centres*.

93.3% of organisations have specific budgets dedicated to IT products and services that support or advance their organisation’s sustainability initiatives. And by 2024 the IDC predicts that this will account for 51.1% of the total IT budget**.

Designing your IT infrastructure with sustainability in mind can bring a wealth of benefits to your organisation, from reducing carbon footprint, reaching ESG goals, to reducing power consumption and reducing costs.

Sustainability is high on the agenda of the CFO, according to the ICAEW Survey, 2022 - it’s their no.1 business challenge.

43.3% of companies have a senior executive with sustainability KPI's. 33.9% have a board member who has responsibility for sustainability and 45.9% have department managers with sustainability related KPI’s.

Whether on premise or in the cloud, the data centre is a large consumer of power – hence the cost and carbon implication. Migrating to a modern solution carries a double benefit: reducing your carbon footprint and your energy bills.

In the public sector, the Cabinet Office announced in 2021 that all companies bidding for government contracts over £5 million must commit to being carbon neutral by 2050 and be able to show their current carbon footprint and demonstrate their plan to reach carbon neutrality.

It’s clear that re-designing the IT infrastructure with sustainability high on the agenda is paramount for business leaders going forward.

This foundation of your business can impact many areas and in turn have a huge impact on enhancing efficiencies and reducing costs.

Our 4-step plan will:

Understand what you have
Optimise current resources
Transform where relevant
Repurpose assets where suitable

We can help you redesign your IT infrastructure with sustainability front and centre. Assisting you in understanding your carbon footprint and energy utilisation, and how to reduce it.

As organisations work to reduce their Corporate Environmental Footprint (CEF), your IT infrastructure can be key to enhancing sustainability throughout your organisation.

We can help you assess your options and demonstrate ROI within 12 months

Together we can enhance and
demonstrate sustainability
within your IT infrastructure by:

Understanding how you are deploying and configuring your technology
Optimising your current set up
Implementing sustainability into the design of your infrastructure
Transforming policies, tools and systems with more sustainable and efficient options
Using data and insights to reduce your organisation's environmental impact
Re-purposing current resources elsewhere to avoid unnecessary disposal

If you’d like to discuss best practice for your Cloud and Infrastructure strategy, get in touch with one of our digital experts for an initial conversation

Sources
*Netapp ** Sizing the European Market Opportunity Behind IT Investments in Environmental Sustainability
(IDC #EUR148834922, February 2022)