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Datacenter using renewable energy
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I know:
Hetzner https://www.hetzner.com/unternehmen/umweltschutz/
Colocrossing, Buffalo location https://www.colocrossing.com/datacenter/buffalo-ny/
Aruba, italian DC https://www.aruba.it/en/certification/eco-friendly-go-certification.aspx
Do you know any others? maybe from providers active here?
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Many DCs have solar panels and stuff now but don't mention it.
FWIW and maybe interesting:
Except for a very few (like possibly Hetzner) a DC has little or no actual real influence. That is due to how the energy markets works. In fact, energy is traded quite similarly to a stock exchange and when you buy you can select to have a green part (or even all green) but you can hardly control or verify that. "Green" simply means that an energy seller has or buys green energy among other sources. One typical scenario is that a large player buys a certain amount of wind energy, which is non-consistent so as to have x% of "green energy".
Plus it obviously depends on how the diverse players and you define "green". Funny example: nuclear energy can be defined as "green" due to its favourable (extremely low) carbon foot print.
I personally wouldn't trust some "green" statements or labels. If you are serious about it you must chose a DC that can provide a full chain track (like e.g. Hetzner).
I think EDIS use 100% hydro power in their AT DC, not sure about the others
Iceland uses geothermal no?
I guess the greenest you can get may be Hetzners Finland location because its very new and well designed.
Also if you host anything within Norway it is likely powered by close to 100% hydro power because of the countries energy mix. @terrahost has decent offers there from time to time.
Impressive, isn't it?
Project Natick: subsea datacenter powered by 100% locally produced renewable electricity from on-shore wind and solar, off-shore tide and wave.
In most cases (e.g. not a dam on a substantial natural river - which has its own problems) hydro is energy storage, not energy generation. Usually it will be paired with solar (e.g. balancing out night and day), wind (balancing out drop in wind) or nuclear (balancing out drop in demand) - but it could equally be gas or coal.
There is also efficiency losses to consider when using hydro Vs directly utilising other sources.
Not all renewable energy is equal.
https://www.netwise.co.uk/
100% Renewable Energy in London.
Nah, fuck green renewable energy, i want my servers to be ran from grinded souls, straight from the depths of hell.
It is cheaper.