Carbon free web hosting is vital to the planet!
ICT equipment accounts for around 4% of the world’s carbon emissions. The Internet’s carbon footprint is now equal to the aviation industry, and increasingly coming under scrutiny as governments seek to achieve carbon-cutting commitments.
Even with the latest energy saving technology the Internet’s carbon footprint is still growing…More organisations are factoring-in sustainability into their web hosting selection and purchasing processes. But as 50% of our electricity still comes from coal, even with the latest energy saving technology the Internet’s carbon footprint is still growing.
Here are a few of the strategic partners and carbon free web hosting companies we have chosen to work with due to our shared sustainability goals and their excellence in standards and service.
The Green House Data Center
The Green House Data Center hosts client websites on servers located at a 10,000 sq. ft. data center powered entirely through renewable wind energy. The highly available and secure facility is designed to operate at approximately 60% lower energy utilisation than comparable data centers. This translates directly into more computing power using less energy.
100% Renewable Energy
The entire facility is powered by wind generated renewable power. The company receives approximately 20% of its total power from the Silver Sage and Happy Jack wind farms located approximately 8 miles away from the facility. Green House Data also purchases the excess energy needs from the local power company and cover those by buying certified Green-e tags.
The facility will represent one of the largest wind powered public data centers in America with over 10,000 square feet of high-density computing facilities at full capacity. A 100% wind powered, green data center which leaves no carbon footprint on the environment.
Standing Cloud
Whether you’re a business user, software developer, or system administrator, Standing Cloud powered by Green House Data is the easiest way to deploy, operate, and scale applications on Green House Data’s cloud infrastructure, or anyone else’s, for that matter.
