An apparatus for remotely controlling power includes an information handling system platform a plurality of devices disposed on the platform, an interface in data communication with the first platform that receives a device request from a second platform, a monitor circuit that monitors one or more parameters, and a controller that controls a plurality of devices disposed on the platform, the control being based at least in part on the monitored one or more parameters and the device request. A method includes receiving at a first platform a device request from a second platform, monitoring one or more parameters, and controlling a plurality of devices disposed on the first platform using at least in part the monitored parameters and the device request.