Green is the New Green

What have we learned?

A Green Hue from Consolidation and Virtualization

Commonwealth of Virginia

• Replaced 60,000 PCs and laptops with Energy Star-rated machines
• Energy consumption reduced by 32 percent
• Hard dollar savings estimated at $12 million each year

State of New York DMV

• 277 servers have been virtualized across 11 physical machines
• Realized more than 25:1 savings in server acquisition, power, AC, UPS, floor space, security, support and maintenance costs

City of New York

• Virtualization has raised server utilization rates from 10% to 60%
• Capacity increased by the equivalent of 400 servers
• Avoided the need for implementing an additional 350 servers
• Cost avoidance estimated at $7.9 Million

For an overview of a few steps in the right direction in IT sustainability, see the Center for Digital Government's green paper, Simply Green.