Sustainability and Energy Efficiency

Discover how IBM z16 and IBM LinuxONE 4 turn sustainability into a winning business strategy.

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Overview

Sustainability is now a strategic business imperative. Data centers, which consume around 1% of the world’s electricity1, are excellent starting points to evaluate IT as part of your ESG goals. IBM z16 and IBM LinuxONE 4, systems that are backed by IBM’s decades-long corporate commitment to environmental leadership, are designed to be energy efficient and with sustainability in mind throughout the product lifecycle.

The systems provide better per-core performance than alternatives, high reliability and availability that improves lifecycle and reduces hardware, and continuous improvements in energy efficiency. In fact, consolidating Linux workloads on an IBM z16 single frame instead of running them on compared x86 servers with similar conditions and location can reduce energy consumption by 75% and space by 67%.2 There are also now more form factor choices with the introduction of a rack mount option.

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Footnotes

  • Source: IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) Research Insights, Sustainability as a transformation catalyst – trailblazers turn aspiration into action, January 2022
  • DISCLAIMER: Compared IBM Machine Type 3932 Max 68 model consisting of a CPC drawer and an I/O drawer to support network and external storage with 68 IFLs and 7 TB of memory in 1 frame versus compared 36 x86 servers (2 Skylake Xeon Gold Chips, 40 Cores) with a total of 1440 cores. IBM Machine Type 3932 Max 68 model power consumption was measured on systems and confirmed using the IBM Power estimator for the IBM Machine Type 3932 Max 68 model configuration. x86 power values were based on Feb. 2023 IDC QPI power values and reduced to 55% based on measurements of x86 servers by IBM and observed values in the field. The x86 server compared to uses approximately .6083 KWhr, 55% of IDC QPI system watts value. Savings assumes the Worldwide Data Center Power Utilization Effectiveness (PUE) factor of 1.55 to calculate the additional power needed for cooling. PUE is based on Uptime Institute 2022 Global Data Center Survey. x86 system space calculations require 3 racks. Results may vary based on client-specific usage and location.