Green Hosting

Web Hosting is traditionally a high energy consumption energy. The increasing number of datacentres across the planet has focused attention on improving the industries green credentials.
This has resulted in the adoption of the following types of green initiatives and technologies to reduce the carbon footprint of the hosting industry:

The use of lower voltage servers which reduce their energy consumption The introduction of Solid State Drives (SSD) which typically require 20 to 30% of the power of traditional hard drives like SATA
Active Cooling to keep the server rooms cool. This is a technology which users external air in cooler weather rather than using air conditioning.

Contained Server aisles with improved airflow to ensure that cool air is focused on where it is required
Replacing legacy equipment with more efficient units for critical componenets such as Computer Room Air Conditioners (CRACs) and other heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components
Adoption of low voltage lighting and movement sensors to reduce unnecessary lighting usage.
The use of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to encourage the use of renewable energy sources