Ewww, Green Web Hosts? - Episode 118
For most people, green hosting is that kind that has been sitting in the back of the refrigerator a little too long. Pretty soon though I have a feeling that either by hook or crook we will all be impacted by in in one way or another in the future. I’ll talk about it, tell you what it is and let you know what you can do to help. The Web Hosting Show is now on the air.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 118!
Running Time: 21 minutes | File Size: 9.46 MB
Here are just a few topics that we discussed on this week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show.
- Is Carbonite a Good Backup Choice?
- Green Hosting, Real or Fantasy?
- Fast and Easy Blog Backup Solutions!
- Ben of WebHostingUnleashed.com Covers HostingCon 2007
- Onsite Stats vs Offsite Stats, Who Wins?
Link of the Week: HostingCon 2007 Summary
More reliable than a Swedish clock the runs backwards, I am back along with a wonderful podcast for you, you and you to enjoy.
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Well from the Ewww in the name of the show I suppose I should have not expected much useful content on green web hosting. There admittedly are some serious complexities in going green at any level, and you did hit a few of these. Still, I was very deeply disappointed to hear very little other than skeptical opinions and innuendo as you admitted you had not even bothered to look into any of the green hosting providers.
I did enjoy the interview.
Thanks for your thoughts. I just wish there were more real solutions to the problem - something you could point your finger at and really say, “hey - that’s helping”. Right now “green hosting” is turning into another marketing term like “unlimited” is now.
AISO (http://www.aiso.net) is the only company that truly is green. We have gone beyond all the others by doing more then just making sure our electricity is environmentally friendly. AISO is solar powered, both our servers and data center are powered by onsite solar panels. But we also have a partnership with Co-Op America, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Green Building Council (USBGC). Our data center and office is green too by using environmentally friendly, low energy water based air conditioners, solar tubes to bring in natural light during the day, a propane powered generator instead of diesel (which most other hosting companies have), VMWare virtualization to reduce our server electricity usage, 6 watt energy saving desktop computers for our employees, and soon to be LEED certified as a green data center, the only public one in North America. We have been featured in Inc. Magazines’ Top 50 Green Companies along with the Wall Street Journal, Wired Magazine, ComputerWorld and Entrepreneur Magazine just to name a few. AISO is also the first and currently the only public data center that is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council. We host big companies to small companies, and our prices are what they are because we provide great support and uptime. To find out more ways we are helping the environment check out our web site.