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%20energie/Clicking%20Clean%20-%20A%20Guide%20to%20Building%20the%20Green%20Internet.pdf
On 5 July 2015 at 17:45, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andre...@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_EvoSwitch_June_2009
> [2]
>
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/05/wikimedia-foundation-selects-cyrusone-in-dallas-as-new-data-center/
> [3]
>
> http://www.cyrusone.com/data-center-locations/dallas-data-center-carrollton/#a1
> [4]
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/RFP/2013_Datacenter#Primary_Requirements
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