A McKinsey study pointed that the world's servers consume 0.5 percent of all electricity, with data center emissions now approaching those of countries such as Argentina or the Netherlands. In the United States alone, growth in electricity used by data centers between now and 2010 will be the equivalent of ten new power plants. Did you know that one search of Google accounts for 7 grams of CO2?
Do you want to help saving the planet by reducing CO2 emissions? Together we can.
1. Let ServersCheck plant a CO2 absorbing tree on your behalf. It's free.
The United Nations has launched a campaign with the objective one billion trees worldwide each year. ServersCheck has joined this initiative. We plant a tree through AmericanForrests for every new fan of the ServersCheck Monitoring Appliance page on Facebook*
2. Switch your monitoring solution to ServersCheck
Monitoring software typically runs on traditional servers requiring 450+ Watt to operate. To produce the amount of electricity required for those servers, an estimated CO2 emission of 2.3 metric tons is produced. The ServersCheck Monitoring Appliance requires only 15 Watt to operate - that is 30 times less. When translating this into CO2 emission, this comes down to a mere 75kg. By using the ServersCheck Monitoring Appliance to replace your current solution, you save an estimated 2 metric tons per year on CO2.
* Campaign ends June 30, 2009 and is calculated based on the number of fans by July 31st 2009 with a maximum of 2000 fans or trees planted