Bangalore: IBM today announced the launch of the second phase of Project Big Green (PBG 2.0) in India, and also introduced new modular data centres it said can reduce energy consumption by as much as 50 per cent.

As part of PBG 2.0, senior company officials told a news conference here, IBM is introducing new products and services in the country to help enterprises build "greener" technology infrastructures that can meet growing business requirements.

Today's announcement comes one year after IBM launched Project Big Green and committed $1 billion globally to "deliver technologies that help clients dramatically increase the level of energy efficiency in their data centres".

The officials said with Project Big Green, IBM introduced offerings such as scalable modular data centre (SDMC) in the Indian market last year. With PBG 2.0, IBM said it is looking to further building up on the success that it has created with SMDCs and help clients make their IT greener.

They said the modular, energy efficient data centres for the Indian market launched today, are designed to power businesses ranging from large enterprises to small organisations. "With the launch of the second phase of Project Big Green, clients in India will have access to some of the most advanced green technologies and services for their data centres," Steve Sams, Vice-President, Global Site Facilities Services, IBM Corporation, said.

The company said it has signed more than a dozen Indian clients for its scalable modular data centres since it was introduced last year.
Source : PTI