Written question asked by Stephen McPartland (Conservative) on Thursday, 9 November 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 November 2023. It was answered by Alex Burghart (Conservative) on Friday, 17 November 2023 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.
Crown Hosting Data Centres: Energy
- Question
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the changes to energy usage by the Government as a result of the use of Crown Hosting Data Centres.
- Answer
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Commercial benefit, as assessed by the Crown Commercial Service using third party market intelligence, shows that existing Government organisations save 51% by using Crown Hosting Data Centres.
On relocation of their back-office IT infrastructure to Crown Hosting, Government organisations typically save 75% of their costs, when comparing before and after relocation. Savings are made through a combination of energy efficiency and economy of scale of Crown Hosting.
Using data reported by the EU Resource Efficiency Coordination Action (EURECA) 2018 study, Crown Hosting reduces electricity consumption by approximately 300% compared to the average public sector data centre.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 1123
- Session
- 2023-24
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Energy Government departments Crown Hosting Data Centres Data centres
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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