The Accenture myNav Green Cloud Advisor integrates sustainability in transitioning client data centers to the cloud through a comprehensive process that includes assessment, estimation, design, and continuous improvement steps focused on reducing environmental impact. Key integration aspects include:
- Establishing a baseline by assessing current data center energy consumption, computing requirements, and sustainability goals to understand the starting environmental footprint.
- Using advanced analytics and proprietary algorithms to estimate potential carbon emissions reductions achievable by migrating workloads to cloud solutions.
- Evaluating "greenness" of cloud options based on cloud service providers' carbon emissions goals, energy sources, locations, and readiness to adopt clean energy.
- Designing tailored cloud solutions that prioritize sustainability by selecting cloud providers using renewable energy and implementing energy-efficient, waste-reducing practices.
- Providing continuous monitoring and optimization tools to ensure sustainability goals are met over time and to further improve environmental performance.
- Collaborating with academic institutions like Carnegie Mellon University to create carbon emissions scoring systems and certification for green cloud standards.
These capabilities enable enterprises to significantly reduce energy use (up to 65%) and cut carbon emissions (over 80%) by migrating from on-premises data centers to sustainable public cloud environments, supporting their broader sustainability commitments while maintaining operational efficiency.
