How Companies Can Reduce Emissions by Moving Workloads

Taking that same workload and moving it to Belgium shows the same amount of energy results in a reduction of annual emissions to 7 MTCO2e. If we keep the same configuration and move it to the United States as a location, it produces 16MTCO2e. If we select France, where renewable energy abounds, emissions drop to 2MTCO2e. In Thailand this same workload produces an estimated 24MTCO2e, compared to running it in Portugal (7MTCO2e). In each of these examples, moving the same workload on a Nutanix solution to geographies with a lower carbon intensity could result in a more than 3X reduction in emissions.²

Moving workloads can help minimize emissions.

Moving workloads to different locations can be an effective strategy for reducing carbon emissions - be it to a more efficient facility, cloud provider, or less carbon intensive geography. A hybrid multicloud solution not only unifies management across environments, it enables portability of workloads and has the potential to enable businesses to significantly lower their carbon footprint.

For more strategies and information about how you may be able to pursue carbon savings, download the report at nutanix.com/carbon or visit Nutanix's sustainable solutions page: https://www.nutanix.com/solutions/sustainability-and-it.

1 Gartner Press Release, Gartner says CIOs Must Balance Environmental Promises with the Risks of AI, November 7, 2023. Gartner is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

2 The Carbon and Power Estimator is intended for illustrative and educational purposes and results may vary.

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