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Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative
Issued By: OMB - Effective Date: 02.26.2010, 2077.982K, ZIPhttp://cio.gov/pages.cfm/page/Federal-Data-Center-Consolidation-Initiative, 2077.982K, ZIP
Abstract: The reported number of Federal data centers grew from 432 in 1998 to more than 1,100 in 2009. This growth in redundant infrastructure investments is costly, inefficient, unsustainable and has a significant impact on energy consumption. In 2006, Federal servers and data centers consumed over 6 billion kWh of electricity and without a fundamental shift in how we deploy technology it could exceed 12 billion kWh by 2011. In addition to the energy impact, information collected from agencies in 2009 shows relatively low utilization rates of current infrastructure and limited reuse of data centers within or across agencies. The cost of operating a single data center is significant, from hardware and software costs to real estate and cooling costs.
The Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative aims to address these challenges by leveraging best practices in the public and private sector.
I have designated Richard Spires, CIO for the Department of Homeland Security and Michael Duffy, CIO for the Treasury Department, to lead this effort within the Federal CIO Council.
We look forward to working with each of you on this important effort. Begin completing the Initial Data Center Consolidation Initiative data in Attachment 1, due April 30, 2010. Attachment 2 contains the overall plan for this initiative.
