Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative

• DoD needs to consolidate data centers to become more efficient

  A Congressional Research Service report found DoD accounts for 63 percent of energy consumption in the U.S. The White House's move to consolidate data centers could save at least $3 billion by 2015.

  All News

  July 20, 2012
• Navy takes aim at software, server spending

  The Navy has set initial target dates to plan for a more efficient IT infrastructure, including data center consolidation, virtualization and enterprise software licensing. As a first step, the service says it needs to get a better handle on how many software licenses it actually owns.

  Defense

  January 18, 2011
• Navy halts data center expansions

  The Navy\'s top IT official ordered the entire service not to spend any money for new or upgraded servers and data centers. This comes as the service prepares to release its enterprise data center consolidation strategy in March.

  Defense

  January 14, 2011
• NASA discusses challenges of data center consolidation

  It\'s been more than nine months since the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative began with the intent to reduce energy usage, lower IT costs and improve security. And some federal agencies are discovering that it\'s difficult to reduce spending without putting some money upfront first. NASA is just one of the federal agencies trying to [...]

  Technology

  November 03, 2010