Is there any information about Digital Oceans green credentials or the carbon impact of specific servers etc? I have a client who would like greener hosting…
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Heya,
DigitalOcean is committed to minimizing its carbon footprint and maintaining sustainable practices. DigitalOcean actively invests in utilizing efficient server hardware and optimizing the overall energy efficiency of its data centers, which have a power usage effectiveness (PUE) averaging at 1.15. By leveraging renewable energy, DigitalOcean aims to make an even greater positive environmental impact.
As of now, specific details about the carbon impact of particular servers are not available. To get the most up-to-date information on DigitalOcean’s sustainability efforts, you may follow these links
https://www.digitalocean.com/impact
https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/giving-tuesday-2021
Hope that this helps!
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