Pete_Coreix
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Hi guys. Just wanted to make a few comments on Green DCs and hosting - as it is something that is close to all of us. There are such considerations as energy sources - i.e. renewable or not. Renewable energy comes in various forms, on shore/off shore wind, photovoltaics etc. A good supplier should be able to give you an option to take a renewable feed. Then there is the building design. In the UK (Europe?) we now have BREEAM certificates, in the US there LEED - Google them. Then, of course there is the old PUE rating. Further to this you can look at recycling your old hardware - we have a company that comes round and picks up our IT trash, takes it away and charges us nothing; in fact they should be paying us I think.. One thing I forgot to mention, if you have trouble sourcing renewable energy, you can do carbon off-setting. We were purchasing protected land in South America somewhere until we went 100% renewable.
Finally, how about your back/head office? Are you recycling the trash? There are plenty of things to cover of you want to be fully 'Green'. But the more you put into this the more you can shout about it!
Oh, almost forgot, we are thinking about rolling out a whole low energy chip offering for our Managed products - suggest you do the same if you are offering managed - check the Dell R?15 models
Finally, how about your back/head office? Are you recycling the trash? There are plenty of things to cover of you want to be fully 'Green'. But the more you put into this the more you can shout about it!
Oh, almost forgot, we are thinking about rolling out a whole low energy chip offering for our Managed products - suggest you do the same if you are offering managed - check the Dell R?15 models
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