With Moore’s law in action, computing capabilities are increasing
drastically and so is the hunger for energy. With chip designers
becoming increasingly efficient and packing better stuff in smaller
boxes, the challenge of managing these products is also assuming vast
proportions. There is a need to lower the power consumption of legacy
systems.

The need of the hour is to get equipped with new technologies
and adopt a smart approach in building the datacenter space. Sun
Microsystems formed a group called GDS (global lab and datacenter
design services) that helped make datacenters more efficient, scalable
and flexible. The group devised pod architecture and acted as a bridge
between IT and facility. The architecture uses the closely coupled
cooling approach to make datacenters more efficient in terms of
operation

Earlier business units were working as silos, but now it’s like a
furnished apartment wherein any business unit can plug in at any
location. I referred to one of the programs "BOYD" (Bring Out Your
Dead) that emphasizes on removing resources that are not being
utilized.

There’s a real good opportunity to cut costs in datacenters,
by making them more efficient. To be efficient is also a mandate and in
order to do that you will have to adopt new technologies and get
smarter in your approach to deal with datacenters and curb your
operating expenses, and increase green footprint.