Data Center Efficiency: Monitoring, AI & Decarbonization

In Episode 50 of Checkmk's podcast All Things Ops, host Elias Voelker welcomes SDEA board member Martin Casaulta and Martin Hirschvogel (Checkmk) to explore how monitoring, AI workloads, and decarbonization are reshaping data center efficiency.

In this episode, Martin Casaulta presents the SDEA's latest initiatives on decarbonization, highlighting why sustainability must be more than a buzzword. Alongside him, Martin Hirschvogel from Checkmk explains how robust IT monitoring uncovers inefficiencies and directs performance improvements in data center infrastructure.

Together, they challenge traditional metrics like PUE, introduce the concept of PUE+, and share strategies to manage the rising energy demands of AI workloads. The conversation underscores how optimizing underutilized resources and prioritizing sustainability isn’t just socially responsible – but operationally advantageous.

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