A map locates the data centers set to close
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The US government will shut down an additional 292 data centers to close over the next 18 months as part of the Obama administration's Campaign to Cut Waste, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge.
A list released by the Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday identified 114 facilities to close between now and the end of the year, and 178 data centers set to close in 2012, the report says.
The plan is to shut down a total of 800 data centers by 2015 and is expected to save taxpayers more than $3 billion. A separate study released in April by MeriTalk estimates as much as $18.8 billion could be saved through data center consolidation.
According to a press release, federal agencies have already shuttered 81 data centers. By the end of 2011, 195 data centers will be closed.
“With data centers that run as large as three and a half football fields, shutting down excess data centers will save taxpayers billions of dollars by cutting costs for infrastructure, real estate and energy," US chief information officer Vivek Kundra said in a statement. "At the same time, it will improve the security of government data and allow us to focus on leveraging technology to make government services work better for the American people."
Kundra will leave his post as CIO in August.
According to a press release, since 1998, the number of federal data centers increased from 432 to more than 2,000.
Data Center Knowledge says the Department of Defense is closing 114 data centers by 2012, the largest number of facilities of any department.
Data center consolidation supports the government's "cloud first" policy, whereby federal agencies must identify key applications to move to cloud environments. With this initiative, cloud service providers have an opportunity to bid on contracts.
A list released by the Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday identified 114 facilities to close between now and the end of the year, and 178 data centers set to close in 2012, the report says.
The plan is to shut down a total of 800 data centers by 2015 and is expected to save taxpayers more than $3 billion. A separate study released in April by MeriTalk estimates as much as $18.8 billion could be saved through data center consolidation.
According to a press release, federal agencies have already shuttered 81 data centers. By the end of 2011, 195 data centers will be closed.
“With data centers that run as large as three and a half football fields, shutting down excess data centers will save taxpayers billions of dollars by cutting costs for infrastructure, real estate and energy," US chief information officer Vivek Kundra said in a statement. "At the same time, it will improve the security of government data and allow us to focus on leveraging technology to make government services work better for the American people."
Kundra will leave his post as CIO in August.
According to a press release, since 1998, the number of federal data centers increased from 432 to more than 2,000.
Data Center Knowledge says the Department of Defense is closing 114 data centers by 2012, the largest number of facilities of any department.
Data center consolidation supports the government's "cloud first" policy, whereby federal agencies must identify key applications to move to cloud environments. With this initiative, cloud service providers have an opportunity to bid on contracts.
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