Sustainable IT Strategy at Moesgaard Museum

Today lies the world's most well-preserved body found in a marsh in his glass case at the beautiful Moesgaard Museum South of Denmark's second largest city Aarhus.

The life and death of Grauballe Man is one of the museum's most important stories for the visitors. But in a time where climate change once again affects the planet, the museum must also look forward and adjust.

This means that all decisions are made on how they affect the surroundings.

- Sustainability is simply a vital factor when we make choices. It is not a discussion - it is a basic term, says CEO, Mads Kähler Holst.

Therefore, it is no coincidence that the Museum made a sustainable choice by investing in refurbished IT equipment from Nordic Computer in stead of damaging the climate by investing in new equipment. And now two refurbished storage systems and three servers are implemented in the museum's datacenter that save 11 tons CO2 each year.

- We make demands to our suppliers - also when it comes to our IT strategy. Sustainability is a vital parameter in our procurement, and that is the reason that we select the sustainable option as long as it makes sense, says Mads Kähler Holst.

For the museum the sustainable choices are an important part of the complete story about Moesgaard Museum. Located among the green hills south of Aarhus means that nature is practically integrated in the building. For that reason the visitors also expect that the museum protects and think about the climate.

Read more about Moesgaard Museum here.