Kundra: Put the brakes on number of data centers

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says there are too many data centers in the federal government, according to an article on Federal News Radio.com. In the last 10 years the number of data centers has jumped from 493 to more than 1,200, Kundra says.

"This growth is troubling because it shows greater investment in infrastructure, yet it's more fragmented over the last decade," Kundra told the Executive Leadership Conference in Williamsburg, Va., this week. He says the Office of Management and Budget is conducting a survey to better understand just how well agencies use their data centers, and what specific software is running in these buildings.

Kundra has said in the past that agencies have spent 20 percent more money on power consumption because of data centers over the last eight years, and that cloud computing can help save money for the data centers.

 "We are thinking through how to rationalize our IT investments so we don't have more data centers than we need," Kundra said.

For more on Kundra and data centers:
- see this Federal News Radio article

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