Green hosting
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Green hosting or eco-friendly hosting is Internet hosting which involve green technologies to reduce environmental impact.
Green hosting include Carbon offsetting, planting trees, plants and grass around and over Data Center
s and more day to day activities such as energy conservation and the use of energy saving appliances. Green hosting utilized green marketing
with focusing on green consumers that are concerning about the environment.
World Internet usage statistics show that the Internet is still rapidly growing in the U.S. and growing from 400 to 1000% a year, worldwide. In fact, the total electric bill to operate those servers and related infrastructure equipment was $2.7 billion in the United States and $7.2 billion worldwide. It is estimated that if energy consumption with web hosting keeps raising at the current rate by 2020 the industry will be more polluting than the airline industry. With so much demand on resources, eco-friendly hosting services emerged.
Green hosting include Carbon offsetting, planting trees, plants and grass around and over Data Center
Data center
A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems...
s and more day to day activities such as energy conservation and the use of energy saving appliances. Green hosting utilized green marketing
Green marketing
According to the American Marketing Association, green marketing is the marketing of products that are presumed to be environmentally safe. Thus green marketing incorporates a broad range of activities, including product modification, changes to the production process, packaging changes, as well as...
with focusing on green consumers that are concerning about the environment.
World Internet usage statistics show that the Internet is still rapidly growing in the U.S. and growing from 400 to 1000% a year, worldwide. In fact, the total electric bill to operate those servers and related infrastructure equipment was $2.7 billion in the United States and $7.2 billion worldwide. It is estimated that if energy consumption with web hosting keeps raising at the current rate by 2020 the industry will be more polluting than the airline industry. With so much demand on resources, eco-friendly hosting services emerged.