January 4, 2008—Fujitsu Limited has announced a new Green Policy Innovation project for “green” IT that aims to achieve a cumulative reduction of more than 7 million tons of CO2 from FY 2007 through FY 2010. The project will focus on reducing the environmental burden of IT infrastructure, and reducing customers’ environmental burden through new IT applications.
Fujitsu plans to release energy-saving, compact IT equipment, energy-efficient operation enabled by virtualization technology, and entire data centers that utilize such technology. Fujitsu also plans to introduce new IT applications, including outsourcing and consulting services.
The project includes a new Green Infrastructure Solution service aimed at optimizing the energy efficiency of the facilities that house customers’ IT equipment, including buildings and machine rooms as well as incidental facilities, such as for electric power and cooling, which all together account for more than half the power consumed by a data center, notes Fujitsu.
This solution aims to reduce customers’ power consumption and CO2 emissions by as much as 50 percent of their current levels. Fujitsu says the solution will enable IT systems to be expanded flexibly, unconstrained by power capacity, and gradually optimized in accordance with IT budgets. In addition, it will reduce the burdens associated with maintenance and renovation of IT facilities.
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