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1&1 US Data Center Goes Green
2008-10-01
- In cooperation with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), 1&1 is
now proud to support renewable energy for its U.S. Data Center
1&1 Internet Inc, the world?s largest web host by known servers, today announced
the US data center is going green. 1&1 Internet is purchasing enough Renewable
Energy Certificates (RECs) from the non-profit, Bonneville Environmental
Foundation, to match 100% of the electricity used at the company?s data center.
The majority of the RECs will be sourced from the Bowersock Mills and Power
Company?s hydroelectric facility in Lawrence, Kansas. This hydroelectric
facility is certified low impact by the Low Impact Hydro Institute (LIHI). 1&1?s
renewable energy purchase for the Lenexa, Kansas-based facility is enough clean
energy to power at least 300 U.S. homes for one year. With renewable resources
1&1 will save emissions of 30,000 tons of CO2 per year.
?1&1 Internet accepts the responsibility to become a green-powered company,?
said Oliver Mauss, CEO of 1&1 Internet Inc. ?We are proud to now be the first
big hosting company with all our data centers? energy usage offset by renewable,
clean energy. We believe this is an important step for every organization to
take, and a contribution helping to save our planet.?
BEF uses revenues generated from the sale of RECs to directly support new
renewable energy projects and watershed ecosystem restoration. All of the RECs?
1&1 will purchase from BEF will be certified under the Green-e® Energy program,
the nation's leading voluntary certification program for renewable energy. For
over a decade, the Green-e® program, administered by the Center for Resource
Solutions, has been certifying renewable energy that meets environmental and
consumer protection standards that it developed in conjunction with leading
environmental, energy and policy organizations.
Mauss added, ?1&1 is proud that our worldwide customers are now part of our 1&1
green coalition, with all hosted websites contributing to offsetting carbon
emissions through the support of renewable energy.?
For more information on 1&1 Internet Inc. visit the website at
www.1and1.com
About 1&1 Internet Inc:
1&1 Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public
company with a market cap of $5 billion. 1&1 was founded in 1988 and hosts more
than 10 million domain names, while more than 55,000 servers run on the
company?s five state-of-the-art data centers. 1&1?s global community is over 7.7
million customer contracts strong. The company?s U.S. headquarters is located in
Chesterbrook, PA. For more information, please contact the company at
www.1and1.com or 1-877-461-2631.
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