How ‘green’ is your web hosting service?

Chandesh Parekh
by Chandesh Parekh
in Ethical Business, Useful Web Sites
May 5, 2008

We’re all trying to be more aware of our impact on the environment; Recycling household waste, using paper-bags in place of plastic etc. But have you given a thought yet to Green Hosting?

Data centers, like web site hosts, use a lot of power for their systems and server farms to keep all our web sites accessible day and night.

There are now, however, a number of hosting companies that do offer greener alternatives. Check these out:

  1. Green Hosting – http://www.green-hosting.co.uk/green-hosting-packages/index.html from £5 per month (+VAT)
  2. Eco Hosting – http://www.ecohosting.co.uk/hosting.html from £14.99 per year if paying by credit card
  3. DreamHost – http://dreamhost.com/ from $6.95 (approx. £3.50) per month (currently our favorite due to the price, hosting space and bandwidth they provide for the price)

Hopefully Green Hosting will now be another feather in your cap for being more environmentally friendly. :)

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