The project had the following goals: • Support the client’s sustainability strategy of providing CO2 neutral mobility and becoming a CO2 neutral enterprise; • Prove that IT can contribute to the sustainability goals.
As a key supplier for the premium automotive brand, Capgemini identified the IT landscape as an area for potential sustainability gains. Indeed, The Shift Project1 calculated that the share of global greenhouse gas emissions attributable to IT is 4%: which represents half of the share generated by light vehicles globally (cars, motorcycles, etc.), and this trend is expected to rise in the coming years (+8% expected between 2015 and 2025). The datacenters and applications of large enterprises leave a sizeable CO2 footprint, meaning that application modernization can contribute to reducing energy consumption.
That is why Capgemini proposed Mercedes-Benz AG to focus on the following technological levers to modernize and consolidate a backend2 service used for vehicle master data and buildability services:
The benefits of the project are:
The project only considers one application out of hundreds that currently operate in the datacenters of large companies: it highlights the huge potential for further energy optimization in the IT industry.
1 The Shift Project – Lean ICT Report, 2019
2 Backend / frontend services: services required by an application or website either for presentation layers and visible by the final user (frontend), or for data access layers (backend)
3 Shared services: consolidation of back-office business operations used by different parts of a same organization, often applied to eliminate service duplications
4 Container technology: method to package all services, scripts, API, libraries to allow an application to run on any isolated operating system
on which the project has a significant impact
Scope 2- Implementation of a shared service on container platform
-50% emissions generated by the application per year
Scope 3 – Hardware reduction
Calculation based on the reduction of energy savings realized on the application
The calculation is based on the energy consumption of the IT infrastructure before and after the application modernization project:
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The project contributes to the following SDG:
The project only considers one application out of hundreds that currently operate in the datacenters of large companies. The client now focuses all architects and development teams on the goal of CO2 reduction. It highlights the huge potential for further energy optimization in the IT industry.
Joint team of Capgemini and client
Dr. Stefan Fütterling, Account Chief Architect, Capgemini - stefan.fuetterling@capgemini.com
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