Sustainability Initiatives in Data Center Storage - Open Compute Project Overview

Explore a 46-minute conference presentation from SNIA SDC 2024 that delves into the Open Compute Project's (OCP) Sustainability initiatives, focusing on three critical areas of datacenter sustainability. Learn how OCP addresses Power Profile & Sustainability Metrics, standardization of LCA methodology & Carbon Transparency, and tradeoffs for enabling Circular Reuse, particularly in storage environments. Gain insights into overcoming barriers to carbon-impact transparency and implementing circular economy principles, with special attention to storage media's unique security and TCO considerations. Microsoft's Shruti Sethi presents practical approaches to navigating sustainability tradeoffs, implementing circular reuse strategies, and contributing to OCP's industry-wide sustainability efforts that have been developing since 2020. Master the essential hurdles in datacenter sustainability and discover how to successfully implement environmentally conscious practices in storage system design and operation.