Reduce operating costs (IT Manager/CIO)

While data center energy costs are most often housed in a facilities budget, IT Managers & CIOs can also be responsible for these costs. One study found that approximately 20 percent of data center energy bills are housed within the IT/CIO budget. However, as organizations realize that additional energy saving opportunities rest with IT, there has been a slight shift towards moving them to the IT/CIO budget. As Facility Managers exhaust infrastructure energy efficiency opportunities, they increasingly turn to IT opportunities. As a result, IT and Facility Managers may find themselves working in closer coordination than they did previously on matters related to data center capacity and energy management