Graham Forrest
Senior Storage Architect
July 3, 2025
Your legacy servers may still “work,” but are they silently draining efficiency, your sustainability progress, and AI-readiness? HPE ProLiant Gen12 is not an upgrade; it’s an avoidance of stagnation.
For most CIOs and IT leaders, the concept of a new server generation release is just another item on the checklist. A necessary refresh, perhaps, but rarely a pivotal moment. Your current infrastructure still “works” – it runs your workloads, it keeps the lights on, and critically, it isn’t broken.
But what if that “good enough” server is actually the single biggest silent drain on your organisation’s future potential?
What part of your IT infrastructure is draining efficiency and AI-readiness?
At DTP, we believe that the arrival of the HPE ProLiant Gen12 server portfolio is not merely an upgrade cycle; it’s a critical inflection point. The conversation is no longer about the technical specs of a new server; it’s the opportunity cost of standing still.
To put the scale of the problem into perspective: legacy compute can be up to 65% less efficient than modern, purpose-built systems. When you choose to defer a compute refresh, you’re not saving money, you’re spending it elsewhere.
The Stealth Drain: Hidden costs of legacy compute
These three areas are where legacy infrastructure silently imposes its highest, most unsustainable costs:
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1. Missed efficiency and higher OpEx
Older servers are inherently less efficient, not just in raw processing power, but in how they consume energy and space. The incremental gains in power management, thermal efficiency, and density packed into HPE ProLiant Gen12 translate directly into a lower carbon footprint and significantly reduced utility bills.
Here’s the question: Is the small capital deferment worth the high operational expense (OpEx) you’re consistently paying in wasted energy?
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2. Stalled sustainability progress
Every organisation is facing mounting pressure to meet aggressive Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals. Yet, older compute struggles to keep up. HPE has engineered Gen12 with a deep focus on sustainability, from intelligent power capping to a lifecycle designed for efficiency.
Holding onto legacy hardware is a tacit acceptance of higher energy use and a slower path to your sustainability targets. Stagnation in IT is regression in ESG.
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3. AI-Readiness Paralysis
AI isn’t a buzzword; it’s a current mandate for competitive advantage. The modern data stack demands a level of accelerated performance, data throughput, and security that older systems simply can’t deliver without complex, costly retrofitting.
HPE ProLiant Gen12 is architected to handle these new demands, from native support for cutting-edge accelerators to its integrated silicon root of trust security architecture. Waiting to upgrade means delaying your ability to fully leverage data-driven insights and AI-powered automation: the ultimate opportunity cost.
Gen12: Your foundation for avoiding stagnation
We challenge you to look beyond the “server” label. The HPE ProLiant Gen12 portfolio, powered by the latest advancements, is a future-ready compute foundation that is essential for avoiding this creeping stagnation.
- Automate with ease: Proactively manage servers and reduce deployment times with predictive automation and centralised visibility from edge to cloud.
- Strengthen security: Protect sensitive workloads with multi-factor authentication, encrypted data, and the world’s most secure industry-standard server platform.
- Simplify management: Manage your entire server environment from anywhere using HPE Compute Ops Management’s intuitive cloud-based platform.
At DTP, we champion HPE because they deliver the technology that enables you to compete effectively in the decade ahead. We don’t just supply the hardware; we provide the strategic guidance to integrate this compute power seamlessly into your business strategy.
Stop paying the hidden cost of standing still.
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