What is Green Web Hosting?

Web hosting providers that proclaim themselves as "green" are those providers that are making a concerted effort to be eco-friendly whether that be through the use of wind or sun powered equipment or through the purchasing of Renewable Energy Certificates or carbon credits. The web hosting industry, because of the vast amount of energy-intensive servers they operate, are a major contributor to producing environmentally harmful emmissions. Full data centers can consume as much electricity as 30,000 households so the effects can be large.

Web hosting providers have recently made a stronger push towards green web hosting and you can now find providers that are entirely wind powered. Estimates have come out that project that by 2020 if the web hosting industry does not work to make the industry greener, that it will be as big of a polluter as the Airline industry! Hosting your web site with these companies means that you are helping the environment and participating in the efforts to reduce this trend.