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Episode 4 of the GreenMonk Podcasts – 36 mins 28 secs
My guest on this podcast is Strato’s Executive Director for Information Technology and Innovation Rene Wienholtz.
Strato are Europe’s second largest hosting company and Strato are also carbon neutral! Amazingly they achieved this without buying any offsets. How did they do it?
Listen to René explain it.
Here are the questions I asked René and the approx. times I asked them:
Can you tell us something about your own background first and who are Strato? – 00:34
If I heard you correctly you are now the largest hosting company in Europe? – 02:28
You guys are a bit like RackSpace in the sense that you don’t do co-location, you rent space on your servers, id that right? – 02:38
You mentioned that you decided to re-architect the setup in Strato and reduce your carbon footprint, was this for environmental reasons or business reasons? – 03:34
Questions from readers:
Jiri Ludvik
what percentage in carbon reduction they achieved by each of the step you mention? – 05:48
Do you use underfloor plenums as well to direct the air to the cold aisles? – 21:47
Can you talk to us too about the energy savings you are getting from buying CO2 free energy? – 25:44
Have you negotiated a set price from your clean energy supplier for a set period? – 29:36
Can you tell me how long this price is guaranteed for? – 30:15
Have you had any independent 3rd party certify that you are carbon neutral? – 30:27
More questions from readers:
Jim Hughes
Has the carbon saving had a real cost benefit? Or have the lower power costs been exceeded by the premium for carbon neutral electricity? – 31:42Would you recommend other hosting providers take the same route? – 32:53
Do you think environmental awareness is an area where European hosting companies have a head start over the US? – 34:47
Download the entire interview here
(33.4mb mp3)