Business Chief USA February 2019

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in the US. “The fact that we were able
to scale up so quickly is a credit to the
professionalism we have on our energy
management team. I would say the
thing I’m most proud of is just the scale
’cause what you’re really looking for is
impact. We’re proud of the 820 megawatts
we’ve done so far. We’re the
evangelists. We’re going around talking
about all the benefits. The interesting
thing is when you go into the different
business units, my experience is that
even if people don’t know it by name,
they’re doing the work. These are folks
who do sustainability for a living. We
already have folks who are trying to
save as much water as they can. They’re
already trying to remove as many kilowatts
as they can from the business.
They’re already trying to be as efficient
as they can.”
AT&T has an energy intensity goal,
relative to its network, to be 60% more
efficient. Carroll wants to push more
data through the network using the same,
or less energy. “We have a public goal
FEBRUARY 2019