It’s not the computer on our desktops that uses the most energy. It’s the datacenters that power our servers, switches, and routers that consumes the most energy. Going green means using renewable energy sources to power our datacenters. We want to conserve the energy we generate. We want to use that renewal energy as efficiently as possible. We are not talking about renewal energy credits. They don’t count.

There is an environmental initiative called Green Power Inside. There goal is to convert 1 million websites out of 40 million newly created websites to using green power. What does this conversion buy us?

We reduce annual pollution which is equal to

• 2,000 passenger cars taken off the road
• 1,070,000 gallons of gasoline not burned
• 21,900 barrels of oil not burned
• 1,200 households not using electricity for a year
• 240,000 tree seedlings grown for 10 years
• 7,900 acres of pine forests storing carbon for one year
• 77 acres of forest preserved from deforestation
• 48 railcars of coal not burned
• 3,200 tons of waste recycled instead of landfilled

Go Green!! In the days to come, I will be introducing and reviewing various green webhosting companies. We only have one Earth. Let’s take care of it.

P.S. Thank you Sandra for introducing Darkoogle.com, and Darkoogle.com/international.

-Samuel

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