When it comes to something as huge as a data centre, there’s always ways to cut costs. HP and Info-Tech Research weigh in on the best ways to keep data centre budgets as low as possible

Everyone is after a cheaper data centre these days, and Hewlett-Packard Co. — along with IBM and Cisco — is one of the companies after those precious data centre budget dollars. Under the banner of HP Critical Facilities Services, delivered by EYP MCF (its 2007 acquisition), the company is fighting the battle against the bulging data centre.

“Eighty-five per cent of data centres built before 2001 are now obsolete,” said HP senior energy consultant Alda Licis at an event on Thursday. “Reliability and uptime demands have increased, and the cost of servers and rate of technology refreshes means a higher density in data centres.”

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