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Ep 50 - Martin Casaulta & Martin Hirschvogel - Data Center Efficiency: Monitoring, AI, and Decarbonization
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Data Center Efficiency: Monitoring, AI, and Decarbonization - with Martin Casaulta & Martin Hirschvogel
How can you drive data center efficiency without compromising performance?
In this episode, host Elias Voelker sits down with Martin Casaulta, Chief Technologist at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Switzerland, and Martin Hirschvogel, Chief Product Officer at Checkmk. They discuss data center efficiency—from traditional metrics like PUE to the impact of AI workloads—and share strategies for optimizing IT operations. Martin Casaulta highlights the Swiss Data Center Efficiency Association’s work on decarbonization, while Martin Hirschvogel explains how IT monitoring helps identify and resolve inefficiencies.
You'll learn:
- Why IT monitoring is essential for improving data center efficiency
- The limitations of PUE and how PUE Plus is changing the game
- How to manage the rising energy demands of AI workloads
- Practical strategies to optimize underutilized resources
- Why sustainability initiatives are as rewarding as they are necessary
Get in touch with Martin Casaulta on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-casaulta-1b9bbb78/
Get in touch with Martin Hirschvogel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-hirschvogel-28034210/
About the SDEA
The Swiss Datacenter Efficiency Association is a non-profit consortium of industrial and academic sustainability pioneers, united in advancing energy efficiency, emissions reduction, and operational transparency in datacenter operations.
This collaborative effort, initiated by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), brings together key players such as EcoCloud at EPFL, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), Swiss Data Center Association (SDCA), and Swiss Telecommunications Association (asut).
Website: https://www.sdea.ch/
About the host
Elias is the VP for North America at Checkmk. He comes from a strategy consulting background but has been an entrepreneur for the better part of the last 10 years. In his spare time, he likes to do triathlons.
Get in touch with Elias via LinkedIn or email podcast@checkmk.com
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Music by Ströme, used by permission
‚Panta Rhei‘ written by Mario Schoenhofer
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