http://www.thestandard.com/node/111721/comments comments feed. en http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/web-servers-produce-632kg-co2-year <p><!--paging_filter--> <p>Hosting firm Amenworld says web servers are needlessly wasting energy and contributing to excessive CO2 emissions.</p> <p>The company's study of over 3,500 dedicated servers found that on average servers needlessly used 1000 kWh of energy, producing an excess of 632kg of CO2 per server per year.</p> <p>"Like other industries, the hosting industry has a role in the global effort to reduce levels of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere," said Amenworld's U.K. country manager Olivier Djidjelli.</p> <p>The hosting firm commissioned the research to make a case for its new range of Eco Servers, which it claims are more environmentally friendly than competitive products.</p> <p>Components in the Eco Range, which include up to 3GB of RAM and run low-power AMD dual-core processors, are optimally located to boost cooling airflow through the servers, thus reducing the system's temperature and the amount of power consumed, according to Amenworld.</p> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/web-servers-produce-632kg-co2-year#comments Environment Hardware Systems IDGNS Science Servers Breaking News Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:07:23 -0700 IDG News Service 111721 at http://www.thestandard.com