One and a half billion dollars
October 31, 2007
Wow, quoting from Virtualization to aid Intel in saving up to $1.8B through data center consolidation:
- Intel Corp. is reporting today that it is consolidating its 130 data centers worldwide to just 8 global hubs
- 90,000 employees, 137 terabytes of WAN traffic, 93,000 servers in house and supporting those is very, very challenging
- Intel will save between $1.4 and $1.8 billion over 7 years by replacing older technology with new multi-core Xeon processors, along with using techniques such as virtualization
The article points to more details in this video.