Hoi,
We can certainly aim to influence the owners.
What I have read about this subject is that it is as much about having
power produced that is green. We can invest in green energy and at all
times at least generate the amount of energy that we use in this way. As a
consequence we will increase the availability of green power and more
importantly we make a statement that is soo necessary. When we invest close
to our datacentres, we can push the utilities to transport the power (they
often do not want to) and maybe invest in clean power as well.
With the current plans of Mr Obama, we will see higher temperatures than
the 2 degrees Celsius that is considered safe. If every country uses the
USA as its yardstick, the Netherlands will prove to be closer to the arctic
than New York . This is relevant because the ice of the North Pole will
melt and the gulf stream will stop. We will get cold in winter.
Thanks,
Gerardm
On 6 July 2015 at 18:57, Garfield Byrd <gbyrd(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Here is the link to the other Greenpeace Report.
<
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Global/usa/planet3/PDFs/2015ClickCleanKeyFind…
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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