Here is the link to the other Greenpeace Report.
<http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Global/usa/planet3/PDFs/2015ClickCleanKeyFindings.pdf>
This fiscal year we are going to see what can be done, if anything, to
influence the owners of the data centers and the building owner for our
offices to use more renewable energy.
Regards,
Garfield
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hoi,
Greenpeace has a great writeup on the subject. It describes the current
issues with the use of energy and how big websites make a difference.
Thanks,
GerardM
http://www.greenpeace.nl/Global/nederland/report/2015/Klimaat%20en%20energi…
On 5 July 2015 at 17:45, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andrea84(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everyone.
I tried to find the info myself, with little success:
I'm interested to know about the environmental impact of running
Wikipedia
(carbon emissions, etc.) and what we are doing
about it.
Sorry if I missed wikimedia-l threads, or other sources.
The only thing I found regarding a green data center is a 2009 press
release [1].
If I understand correctly, it was a carbon neutral data center.
But, it was 2009. Now, it seems that we have a new data center [2][3].
I'm wondering what is the environmental impact of it, as "encironmental
impact" was in the primary requirements for the choice [3].
More generally: does the Wikimedia Foundation have a "green" policy? Do
other chapters? What can we do about it? Are we interested in doing
something about it?
IMHO, I think we should discuss this.
I remember quite vividly that a representative of Greenpeace, at
Wikimania
in London, was quite clear in saying that we are
not really good in this
matter.
As Wikimedia, as a whole, is more and more exposed (we now fight for the
privacy of our users, (and I'm personally very proud of it)),
and as we are the 5th website in the world, maybe it's a topic worth
talking.
Thank you
Aubrey
[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Selects_EvoSw…
[2]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/05/wikimedia-foundation-selects-cyrusone…
[3]
http://www.cyrusone.com/data-center-locations/dallas-data-center-carrollton…
[4]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/RFP/2013_Datacenter#Primary_Requiremen…
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