EDB Honored as Sustainability Innovation of the Year at CRN 2026 Awards
EnterpriseDB (EDB), a prominent player in the realm of sovereign AI and data, has recently been recognized as the Sustainability Innovation of the Year winner at CRN's 2026 Sustainability in Tech Awards. This accolade places EDB alongside other industry leaders like Lenovo and Vodafone, reflecting a significant shift in how energy utilization is perceived within the tech landscape. Indeed, energy has become a pivotal factor in the successful operation of AI systems.
In light of growing data center investments, projected to exceed $3 trillion over the next five years to cater to the increasing demand driven by AI, a remarkable 83% of enterprises now prioritize power efficiency among their top considerations for redesigning data center architectures. EDB’s unique sovereign data and AI platform, EDB Postgres® AI (EDB PG AI), is specifically engineered to tackle these challenges from the ground up. An independent analysis reveals that firms employing EDB PG AI can achieve a staggering reduction in core processing demands by up to 94% in high-availability settings, while simultaneously cutting modeled application emissions by as much as 87% within select client scenarios.
Kevin Dallas, CEO of EDB, articulated the core of their mission: "In the era of AI, data centers have evolved into critical infrastructures akin to factories, with energy constraints dictating their success. You cannot improve what you do not control. By streamlining replication processes and creating a unified workload environment, we empower organizations to eradicate inefficiencies that deplete the grid. Achieving true sovereignty over data and computing allows us to transcend energy limitations and foster responsible AI growth."
Enabling a New Architectural Approach
The independent study conducted by Incendium Consulting scrutinized deployments within three of the globe's largest financial services institutions, each managing over 120 data centers worldwide. Some key takeaways from the report, titled
Optimizing the Core, include:
- - Impact on Tier 1 Applications: Core requirements have been reduced by up to 94% in modeled high-availability application environments.
- - Environmental Impact: For a particular global enterprise, the analysis suggested that over 10,000 metric tons of emissions could be avoided annually for scope-appropriate applications.
- - Operational Benefits: By consolidating architecture and minimizing core requirements, organizations can lower infrastructure expenses while enhancing overall total cost of ownership (TCO).
Empowering Partners through Sustainable Performance
For EDB’s extensive network of global partners, these enhancements in efficiency present a fundamental opportunity to help clients recover power capacity and allocate budgets for upcoming AI endeavors. By offering a sovereign AI-ready infrastructure, EDB provides solutions to pressing Modern data center challenges: power availability and TCO.
In conjunction with this, EDB adheres to equally rigorous sustainability standards, aligning its emissions reduction goals with those set by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). These targets resonate with stringent global frameworks that many Fortune 500 companies have committed to.
To explore more about EDB's sustainability initiatives, please refer to their annual Sustainability Report or delve into the full
Optimizing the Core white paper.
About EDB
The EDB Postgres® AI (EDB PG AI) stands as the first enterprise-grade sovereign data and AI platform, balancing security, compliance, and scalability across both on-premises and cloud environments. Built upon PostgreSQL, the leading database technology, EDB PG AI integrates transactional, analytical, and AI workloads to empower organizations to manage their data effectively while maintaining sovereignty over their operational environments. Supported by a worldwide partner network, EDB PG AI boasts an impressive availability rate of 99.999% and includes features for hybrid management and integrated AI capabilities. As avid contributors to the PostgreSQL project, EDB continues to invest in the global community, enhancing the viability and robustness of its offerings. For further information, visit
www.enterprisedb.com.