Since its founding in 1472 Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) has been a pioneer in sustainability. It continues this tradition today through the step-by-step introduction of green IT. Most recently it was keen to reduce the energy consumption of servers in its Siena data centre, replacing them with 352 new servers powered by the Intel® Xeon® processor X5570. By doing so, it has been able to reduce energy consumption by 1.3 million KWh per annum, equating to a cost saving of EUR 261,000 (USD 320,000) and a 648-tonne reduction in CO² emissions.
Challenge
- Sustainability programme. Maintain reputation as a pioneer in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility by introducing a corporate green IT policy
- Latest technology. Refresh servers in the Siena data centre with more energy-efficient, high-performance technology
Solution
- Processor evaluation. Assessed the performance of 256 previous-generation servers with 352 new servers powered by the Intel® Xeon® processor X5570
- Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). Evaluation took into account amount of power entering the data centre versus the power used to run the data centre infrastructure
Benefit
- Reducing energy. Replacing 256 previous-generation servers with a total of 352 new servers reduces energy consumption by 1.3 million KWh in one year, equating to annual cost saving of EUR 261,000 (USD 320,000) and a 648-tonne reduction in CO² emissions
- Maintaining performance. Intel Xeon processor 5500 series has 25 percent faster performance and caches 50 percent larger than the previous-generation Intel® Xeon® processor
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