Yes, we're also looking into reducing the environmental impact of the rest of the activities in the Wikimedia movement. And I am very aware that many websites consume a lot more energy than Wikipedia does. (Please see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact for more information.)
But this doesn't mean we should not try to have the Wikimedia servers run on renewable energy. Even some big for-profit companies like Apple and Yahoo are already doing this. So, how can we get there as well and what would it cost us? Thanks for your help! Lukas 2016-05-16 9:02 GMT+02:00 John Mark Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com>: > On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 1:42 AM, Tim Landscheidt <t...@tim-landscheidt.de> > wrote: > > Lukas Mezger <lukas.mez...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> With the help of Juliet Barbara and Gregory Varnum, we now have detailed > >> public figures regarding the energy use and energy sources of the > Wikimedia > >> servers: As of May 2016, the servers use 222 kW, summing up to about 2 > GWh > >> of electrical energy per year. For more information, please see > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact. > > > >> The next step would be to figure out the cost and feasibility of having > the > >> servers run on 100% renewable energy. I'd appreciate it if someone could > >> help me find out how this works. As a European consumer, I can order > >> renewable energy for my house simply by calling my energy company on the > >> phone, with the price difference being negligible. I assume it is not > just > >> as easy in our case, right? > > > > At Hawaii consumer prices, 2 GWh equals less than > > US-$ 800,000; that would be roughly 1 % of the Wikimedia > > Foundation budget. Don't you think it would be much better > > for *actually* reducing the environmental impact to start on > > the 99 % (or probably more like 99.5 %)? It would certainly > > be cheaper than paying *more* for energy. > > What is an energy consumption estimate of the other 99% of budget > expenditure? > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
