Web Hosting Sustainable Living Blogs

Sustainable Living Blogs

Just as a highly trained athlete requires exceptional trainers in order to perform at their peak, websites require hosting in order to run efficiently. Web hosting or server space refers to powerful computers that store all the files that make up a website so it can be accessed from anywhere via browsers over the internet.

Web hosting companies operate with an enormously energy intensive operation: servers and backup infrastructure must run 24/7 in data centres filled with thousands of cabinets filled with networking devices. Powering this equipment with non-renewable fossil fuels has an enormous negative effect on our ecosystem, so web hosting companies must find ways to reduce their environmental impact footprint.

Some websites use renewable energy sources like solar and wind power; others purchase carbon offset certificates demonstrating they have reduced emissions somewhere else; and some web hosting providers use high-speed hosting plans that minimize requests made by their sites to reduce energy usage.

Kinsta is an outstanding example of an environmentally-friendly hosting provider, operating its data centres solely using renewable energy sourced from hydro, solar and wind sources. They offer VPS and dedicated hosting plans with maximum control and resources available for your website. GreenGeeks was also established in 2008 but was quickly recognized by the Bonneville Environmental Foundation for using three times more energy than it consumes – an impressive feat indeed!