Federal Data Center Consolidation InitiativeThe reported number of Federal data centers grew from 432 in I998 to more than 1,100 in 2009.' This growth in redundant infrastructure investments is costly, inefficient, unsustainable and has a significant impact on energy consumption. In 2006, Federal servers and data centers consumed over 6 billion kwh of electricity and without a fundamental shift in how we deploy technology it could exceed 12 billion kwh by 201 1 .2 In addition to the energy impact, information collected from agencies in 2009 shows relatively low utilization rates of current infrastructure and limited reuse of data centers within or across agencies. The cost of operating a single data center is significant, from hardware and software costs to real estate and cooling costs.Office of Management and BudgetOMB_2cc77c70-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2aVivek KundraFederal Chief Information OfficerDepartment of Homeland SecurityDHS_2cc77e6e-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2aRichard SpiresCIO, DHS, and co-leader of the Federal Data Center Consolidation InitiativeTreasury DepartmentUSTD_2cc77fc2-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2aMichael DuffyCIO for the Treasury Department, and co-leader of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative _2cc78080-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2aAddress [Federal data center] challenges by leveraging best practices in the public and private sector._2cc7810c-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2aGreen ITPromote the use of Green IT by reducing the overall energy and real estate footprint of government data centers._2cc7818e-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2a1_2cc7821a-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2aCostReduce the cost of data center hardware, software and operations._2cc782ce-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2a2INITIAL ASSET INVENTORYConduct an initial inventory of data center assets._2cc7835a-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2a1Agencies will conduct an initial inventory of data center assets by April 30, 2010. This will provide a high-level understanding of the scale and size of existing data centers, IT infrastructure assets, and applications supported by the data centers.INITIAL DATA CENTER CONSOLIDATION PLANDevelop an initial data center consolidation plan._2cc7840e-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2a2Agencies will develop an initial data center consolidation plan by June 30, 2010. This plan will identify potential areas for consolidation, areas where optimization through server virtualization or cloud computing alternatives may be used, and a high-level roadmap for transitioning to the consolidated end-state architecture.FINAL ASSET INVENTORY BASELINECollect the final asset inventory baseline containing more detailed information._2cc784ae-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2a3Agencies will collect the final asset inventory baseline containing more detailed information by July 30, 2010. This will serve as the foundation for developing the final data center consolidation plans.FINAL DATA CENTER CONSOLIDATION PLANSDevelop final data center consolidation plans and incorporate them into the 2012 fiscal year budget. _2cc78558-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2a4Agencies will develop their final data center consolidation plans and incorporate them into their 2012 fiscal year budgets by August 30,2010. These plans must be approved by OMB by December 31, 2010. The final plans will include a technical roadmap and approach for achieving the targets for infrastructure utilization, energy efficiency, and cost efficiency.ONGOING MONITORING[Conduct] ongoing monitoring and reporting process._2cc7860c-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2a5There will be ongoing monitoring and reporting process to: Update the asset inventory annually by the end of the third quarter of each fiscal year starting in FY2011; Report progress on executing data center consolidation plans by the end of each fiscal year quarter starting in FY 11; and a Reflect changes in asset inventories and account for execution of data center consolidation plans in subsequent years' budgets.IT SecurityIncrease the overall IT security posture of the government._2cc786ca-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2a3_2cc7879c-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2aIT InvestmentsShift IT investments to more efficient computing platforms and technologies._2cc78864-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2a4_2cc78936-3392-11df-b3d6-b6107a64ea2a2010-02-262010-03-19http://cio.gov/documents_details.cfm/uid/25A781B7-BDBE-6B59-F86D3F2751E5CB43/structure/Information%20Technology/category/Federal%20Data%20Center%20Consolidation%20InitiativeOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net