Carbon Dioxide Free Hosting
1 Comment// Posted in Business by Wytze on 12.23.08.
After weeks of negotiations, we finally pushed forward with the purchase of a new dedicated server for AffiliateSupportTeam. For the tech geeks, I’ll lay down some specs;
- 16 GB of RAM
- Quad Core Opteron @ 2,5 gHz
- 10k RPM Raid 1 Array disks
Obviously a lot faster than most desktop computers, which on the other hand means that it consumes a lot of power. This is just one server and I expect us to soon scale up.
In a time where a lot of companies refuse to pay extra for anything, I’ve decided to set a company standard for Carbon Dioxide Free Hosting. Starting with this server, all our new servers will be upgraded to the Carbon Dioxide Free plan.
I’m not some weird bio activist, but I do believe that we should do everything in our power to avoid hurting the environment, and compensate for the damage we do to the environment. Heck, even Google with over 700.000 servers worldwide tries to build datacenters in the sea to reduce the carbon dioxide exhausted in the cooling of the servers.
If they set an example by doing it for datacenters of that size, you should keep it in mind when you make your next hosting purchase..
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