Reducing data center energy usage with Grafana: A green IT success story

Sentry Software operates its own data center as part of its business helping companies with IT monitoring solutions. In this session, Sentry CEO Bertrand Martin will share how Grafana helped the company reduce its data center’s electricity usage by 15%.

With Europe facing an energy crisis, Sentry Software decided to leverage Grafana and OpenTelemetry to analyze its energy footprint and identify opportunities for optimization. The team was able to increase its server room’s temperature from 18°C to 27°C while still maintaining optimal conditions, resulting in significant energy savings. Don’t miss this session and learn how to replicate Sentry Software’s success to achieve your organization’s own sustainability goals.

Bertrand Martin
CEO at Sentry Software
Bertrand Martin
CEO at Sentry Software
Bertrand Martin is the co-founder and CEO of Sentry Software, a major player in IT infrastructure observability with hundreds of enterprise customers worldwide. In the last year, Bertrand's technical breakthroughs allowed Sentry Software to design a pure-software solution to measure the electricity consumption and carbon footprint of any IT equipment in the data center. Bertrand is also personally involved in various open source projects, including OpenTelemetry, Maven, and the Green Software Foundation. A dynamic and sought-after public speaker, known for captivating his audience, Bertrand participates in IT conventions and conferences to promote the company's innovative solutions for sustainable IT.