Why green hosting?

OK, so you do all the right things.

You carpool, drive a fuel-efficient car or use public transportation.

You buy local and have been doing the CSA shares for as long as you can remember.

You've got CFL bulbs in every socket and your kitchen is a constellation of Energy Star appliances. Cool.

I have a dirty secret for you.

Your blog is hosted on the equivalent of an internet SUV.

Here's a few statistics for you:

 

  • In 2002, global data center emissions amounted to 76 million tons of carbon dioxide. This should triple by 2010.
  • Some studies estimate that the internet will produce 20% of total carbon emissions
  • A single search using Google releases 0.2 grams of C02 into the atmosphere, according to Google.

 

 

So, are you greening up the web?

Green up the web by moving your site or blog to eco-friendly green hosting providers

Here's the deal. Most hosting providers are the internet equivalent of an SUV. At 200 watts, a single server consumes the same amount of power as 15 CFL lightbulbs. That's without factoring in cooling, and big datacenters need a lot of air conditioning.

Average power consumption of a 200 watt 1U server in a 24 hour period.