Vertiv to Provide Energy Savings as a Service to Telefónica
Telecom giant partners with Vertiv to increase efficiency and support
innovation
BARCELONA, Spain–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#ESaaS–At Mobile World Congress today, Vertiv
and Telefónica announced a global, long-term partnership to boost energy
savings through fit-for-purpose infrastructure solutions. Under the
agreement, Vertiv will provide Energy
Savings as a Service (ESaaS) across Telefónica’s core and access
sites in Europe and America, covering all facets from initial site
assessment to comprehensive maintenance services over the next ten years.
Through this agreement, Vertiv experts will conduct energy audits and
deliver wide-ranging assessment reports outlining projected KPIs as well
as energy savings for each site. The reports comprise a series of
recommendations for optimizing the performance, capacity, availability
and efficiency of critical infrastructure, ultimately increasing energy
savings. Vertiv will provide total support from consultancy and
execution to 24/7 monitoring and maintenance services, requiring no
capital expenditure (CAPEX) from the customer with Vertiv fully
financing the project as part of the ESaaS contract.
“Telefónica is among the biggest telecom providers in the world and a
Fortune 500 company, as well as one of the most active operators on
sustainability initiatives, which makes us extremely proud of this
collaboration,” said Giordano Albertazzi, president for Vertiv in
Europe, Middle East and Africa. “This agreement is an important
milestone that reinforces our long-standing partnership and emphasizes
our dedication to providing industry-leading, energy efficient and
high-performance solutions for the telecom industry. We look forward to
building on this new Energy Savings as a Service partnership, creating
strong and long-lasting value together with Telefónica.”
“Vertiv and Telefónica share the mutual goal of becoming more efficient
and competitive through sustainable innovation,” said Juan Manuel Caro,
director of operations, Telefónica. “Our company is committed to our
objective on energy and climate change of reducing 50 percent of our
energy consumption per traffic unit while enhancing our infrastructure
and telecommunications services. Vertiv has been fundamental in our
achievements, and we trust that through this partnership we can make
much greater strides forward.”
Vertiv and Telefónica have been business partners for more than 20
years, working closely together to deliver a broad range of innovative
solutions to support Telefónica’s network sites across the world. Vertiv
was recently awarded by Telefónica as “Best Partner of the Year” at the 8th
Global Workshop on Energy and Climate Change. This accolade acknowledged
Vertiv for the outstanding contribution to Telefónica’s Energy
Efficiency Program, awarded by the GSMA with the Green Mobile Award in
2016.
Throughout 2017 in particular, Vertiv delivered a series of
energy-efficient infrastructure solutions, including thermal management
equipment, AC and DC power units, and solar hybrid systems to support
renewable energy sources. Vertiv state-of-the-art solutions have been
replicated in several countries, giving Telefónica utmost performance
and reliability on top of energy savings. By entering this new global
agreement, Vertiv and Telefónica have aligned their vision for improving
efficiency and enabling innovation across the globe.
Read more about Telefónica’s sustainability initiatives at this link:
Find out more about ESaaS and Vertiv, and meet Giordano
Albertazzi, president for Vertiv in Europe, Middle East and Africa
(EMEA) at Mobile World Congress, Hall 2, Stand 2O41.
About Vertiv
Vertiv designs, builds and services critical infrastructure that enables
vital applications for data centres, communication networks and
commercial and industrial facilities. Formerly Emerson Network Power,
Vertiv supports today’s growing mobile and cloud computing markets with
a portfolio of power, thermal and infrastructure management solutions
including the Chloride®, Liebert®, NetSure™ and Trellis™
brands. Sales in fiscal 2016 were $4.4 billion. For more information,
visit VertivCo.com.
Contacts
For Vertiv
Ben Fletcher, +44 208 618 2844
[email protected]
