We’re excited to announce that all our website hosting packages are now officially green hosting, powered 100% by renewable energy.
This means all our customers are now powered exclusively by wind and solar power, a great message for them to share with their own customers.
Additionally, our data centre is extremely energy efficient with a PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.12. PUE describes how efficiently a data centre uses energy, the lower the better. Most hosts have a PUE of 1.2 or higher.
The internet costs a lot to power: around 400 terawatt hours a year. While an individual websites footprint is small, it all adds up: the internet is responsible for around 3.7% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Thats similar to the amount produced by the global airline industry.
With our green hosting, you can be assured that your websites avoid contributing to climate change.
With all types of server configurations including Linux, Windows and WordPress dedicated hosting its never been a better time to talk to us about your website hosting needs.
Weve partnered with renewable energy suppliers to ensure that our web hosting, cooling and network is powered by 100% renewable energy. This is the case in both the UK and US data centres.
Our data centres excel in efficiency: with a PUE (power usage effectiveness) of 1.12. PUE describes how efficiently a data centre uses energy (the lower the better). Most hosts have a PUE of 1.2 or higher. We felt we could do better, so we have a PUE of 1.12. Its an important figure to note when looking for green hosting.
As more efficient technology becomes available, we replace our hardware but never at a cost to your sites performance. We provide the fastest hosting available, without harming the planet.
Our team has developed a unique hosting platform, unavailable anywhere else.
Central to this is our autoscaling technology. This ensures that when a website becomes busy, it can be allocated the resources of our entire hosting platform: multiple servers. Unlike other companies, your website isnt bound to a single server.
Key to our eco-friendly offering is that this also works in reverse. If a website is no longer busy, it will take up fewer resources: processors, RAM and their associated cooling tech. Less resource mean less electricity used, and ultimately, a reduction in harmful emissions.
Our headquarters are in Ransom Wood, in Nottinghamshire, UK. The office complex is powered by 2,088 solar panels, which offset thousands of tonnes of carbon each year.
We run a paperless office and recycle all our waste. Its lit by automatic LED lighting. Everything from the snacks we eat to our cleaning products are chosen for their green credentials.
Employees are encouraged to work from home when they can, car share when possible, and we run cycle to work scheme.