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BANGALORE, India —
IBM is working with Religare Enterprises Limited of India to build three energy efficient datacenters for the financial services firm and help it reduce power costs by more than a third each year.
Religare Enterprises Limited, better known as REL, is a leading financial services firm in India that figures prominently in the country's equity and securities market.
REL is planning for significant growth and the datacenters are being designed for enhanced efficiency as well as scalability to keep pace with the firm's expansion.
Under an agreement announced this week, IBM through its Project Big Green unit is designing and building datacenters in Delhi, Noida and Mumbai for REL.
The facilities are expected to cut the firms's power costs by as much as 35 pecent a year and reduce consumption by 3,600 kilowatt-hours, which would amount to a $250,000 savings annually.
"IBM engaged with us from the very beginning to understand our critical business needs and design appropriate solutions," said Shachindra Nath, Group Chief Operating Officer, Religare Enterprises Limited.
IBM's Project Big Green launched in May 2007 to help the company's global clientele increase the efficiency of their IT operations and optimize their datacenter resources.
corrected statement
sorry, I misread the article.
yes, IBM is helping this company to save money on power.
However, to call this a green data center is questionable, given they haven't revealed to sources that are powering the data center, which is most likely coal, natural gas or nuclear.
I would not consider a data center green unless a predominant source (over 50 percent) is sourced renewably.
No mention of any green certification of equipment used, or the buildings themselves.
So this data center is green to IBM standards only.
Where is REL getting their green power from?
India generates more than half it's energy from coal.
So how much of these green data centers are being powered by coal powered plants?
So IBM sets up data centers in India. The Indians buy IBM's hardware and then claim they have saved 40 percent in electricity by buying IBM"s hardware.
IBM then gives this Indian company some software to host on behalf of IBM's clients.
The result is a green data center initiative in India.
I'm sorry IBM, this sounds like a green washed hoax. Let's call it what it really is - you've outsourced your processing to India and the Indians had to buy your hardware to get the deal. Thank you.