Friday, 14 March 2008

Barclays to Use HP Technology for Dynamic Smart Cooling

Hewlett Packard (HP) and Barclays today announced that they have signed a letter of intent to introduce HP technology in a bid to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions associated with Barclays’ new major data center in Gloucester, U.K.

HP Dynamic Smart Cooling technology is part of a package of energy-saving measures that will allow Barclays to save up to 13.4 percent of total energy used for its data center. These measures will reduce its carbon footprint by approximately 7,470 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year.

Barclays said it aims to benefit from this new deployment through savings on energy consumption as the air conditioners are used more efficiently; faster response to changes in temperature; and, generally less strain on the chillers that cool the air around the data center.

“Efficient energy management is at the heart of our technology infrastructure, and we are investing to use the best technology available. We are proud to be one of the first companies in Europe to implement HP’s Dynamic Smart Cooling technology,” said Marcus Agius, chairman, Barclays Group.

Implementing HP Dynamic Smart Cooling technology is the latest of several worldwide energy-efficiency initiatives between the two companies. Prior work includes power-optimized servers, HP BladeSystem and HP Thermal Logic technology adoption, and virtualization-based consolidation.

“HP has a close working relationship with Barclays, and our companies share a commitment to utilizing technology to drive better business and environmental outcomes. The letter of intent provides for HP to deliver a complete solution that will allow Barclays to transform its data center, enabling scalable technology capability with energy cost savings that should significantly reduce its carbon footprint,” said Francesco Serafini, managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at HP.