Business leaders have been pushed by multiple stakeholders with regard to ESG.
Regulators and governments in most top economies have developed corporate disclosure requirements around environmental impact and how organisations should consciously create sustainable growth business models, and not be purely motivated by profit alone.
IBM is set to launch LinuxONE to drive green IT computing, which uses 62% less energy and 86% less floor space.
IBM LinuxONE is an enterprise-grade Linux server with a unique architecture designed to meet the needs of mission-critical workloads. It brings together IBM’s experience in building sustainable, secure and scalable systems with the openness of the Linux operating system.
“Being sustainability-focused is hard. To put sustainability goals into action, organisations need workable strategies and solutions that are specific to their needs,” said Catherine Lian, Managing Director and Technology Leader, IBM Malaysia at a media roundtable at IBM Plaza today (April 13).
“One LinuxONE server will be able to replace 47 normal servers,” Catherine added.
For example, a bank typically has 1,000 servers if they change their servers to the LinuxONE, this will reduce their carbon footprint significantly.
Systems like IBM LinuxONE will not only halve physical space and reduce energy consumption, but will also bring carbon dioxide emissions footprint down by over 850 metric tons annually, compared with similar industry-standard servers running similar workloads.
“By consolidating Linux workloads onto a highly efficient, secure and sustainable platform, LinusONE can help businesses achieve carbon neutrality by 2050,” Catherine concluded.
