Reducing Carbon Footprint in UK Further & Higher Education through Cloud Computing

John Treadway, Global Director Cloud SolutionsUnisys CorporationApril 27, 2011john.treadway@unisys.com

F&HE ICT-related Carbon Footprint

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Managing Sustainable ICT in Further and Higher Education - JISC, 2009 www.jisc.ac.uk/publications

1,486,000 Computers

246,000 Printers

238,000 Servers

500,000 Tonnes of CO2e Per Year

Feel the Heat? 50% of energy here…

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Managing Sustainable ICT in Further and Higher Education - JISC, 2009 www.jisc.ac.uk/publications

The Carbon Impact of PCs In F&HE

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4.7 million* of These…

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"Higher Education Enrolments, and Qualifications Obtained, at Higher Education Institutions in the UK in the Academic Year 2006/07". Higher Education Statistics Agency. 10 January 2008. "The total number of HE enrolments at English HEIs stood at 1,957,195 in 2006/07.“ ^ "Further Education, Work-Based Learning, Train to Gain and Adult Safeguarded Learning - Learner Numbers in England: October 2007". Learning and Skills Council. 10 April 2008. "There were 1.75 million learners in LSC-funded FE on 1 October 2007.“. HESA and Dept for Business Innovation and Skills / Office National Statistics Published 31st March 2011

… create 1.55 Million Tonnes CO2e

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What if All Students Carried iPads?

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More than two-thirds less – save >1.0 Mt CO2e!

I Carry Three “Computers”

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That’s My Inconvenient Truth….

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Is this the future?

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Maybe if Steve Jobs would make it worth having?

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Queue the Choir…

Mobile Devices Increasingly Get Their Data & Services from Clouds

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First, What Is Cloud Computing?(obligatory level set)

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But, Are Clouds Green?

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It Depends…

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Are Cloud Data Centers Greener than Traditional Data Centers?

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Average Server Utilization

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10 – 15%

The Demand for Data Centers Continues to Grow

“In the US, data centres account for 1.5% of national electricity consumption, and this is probably also true in the UK. And the figure is rising: the SusteIT survey found that 63% of institutions are expecting to invest in more servers over the next two years.”

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Managing Sustainable ICT in Further and Higher Education - JISC, 2009 www.jisc.ac.uk/publications

But Do We Need More Servers?

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30% Utilization=

½ The Servers

A Simple Example of How Cloud Computing Promotes Consolidation

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20% 30%20% 20% 30%50%

7 Servers

50%

Department A Department B Department C

50% 50% 50%

70%

4 Servers

42% less space, electricity, carbon

Departments A, B & C

Comparison of Carbon Emissions of Cloud-Based vs. On-Premise Delivery of Three Microsoft Applications

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http://www.accenture.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF/Accenture_Sustainability_Cloud_ Computing_TheEnvironmentalBenefitsofMovingtotheCloud.pdf

Case Study – University Private Cloud

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2X Capacity

DR In Place

2% Reduction in Energy** Unisys projections

Data Center Design – Because Power Efficiency Drives Profit, Cloud Providers are Motivated To Be Green

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Larger Cloud Data Centers Can Create Green Economies of Scale

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Who is this?PUE1.07

What’s Missing In This Picture?

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Applying Mobile Technology to Data Center Servers to Reduce CO2e

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256 sockets, 512 cores, 1.024 TB RAM, 1.28 Tbps

What Can You Do?

• Before Buying More Servers, Explore Combining Data Centres into Clouds – even across institutions

• Use Power Management To Turn Off Servers When Not In Use

• Replace Outdated DC Facilities and Servers

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Thank You

John Treadway, Global Director Cloud SolutionsUnisys CorporationApril 27, 2011john.treadway@unisys.com