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.

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… _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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 &lt;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 &lt;zanni.andrea84(a)gmail.com&gt; 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… > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Garfield Byrd Chief of Finance and Administration Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext 6787 415.882.0495 (fax) www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! *https://donate.wikimedia.org <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>