by kfeichtner on January 31, 2011
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Green House Data Newsletter – January 2011
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What is a Green Data Center? |
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We’re Hiring! |
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Customer Spotlight |
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Green News: Green Business Bureau |
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What is a Green Data Center?
One of the questions that we hear most often is “What is a Green Data Center?”. Here is our list of ways we are green. Our goal is to be one of the greenest data centers AND cost less.
This is a partial list, but includes the biggest savers. For a full list, read our latest blog post.
Power: We are powered through 100% renewable energy and we are 40% more energy efficient that traditional data centers.
Cooling: Our cooling system runs 90% more energy efficiently than standard data center CRAC units. We also have developed a hot-aisle/cold-aisle standardization across the data center to prevent hot and cold air from mixing. In average data centers, a server requires the same amount of energy wattage to cool as it does to power a server. However, our cooling system and design allow us to operate at approximately 1 watt for server power and 0.2 watts for cooling.
Cloud Computing/Virtualization: By moving even one server to our cloud servers, we take 4 tons of CO2 emissions out of the air and save up to 700 kWh per month in energy costs (about $700) each year. This also allows us to have a smaller than average facility, since less space is required to house, power and cool the cloud infrastructure.
From our power and cooling to even our office practices and landscaping choices our goal is to be as environmentally friendly as possible, while continuing to deliver high performance results to our customers. We invite you to learn more about our green data center or schedule a visit for a tour.
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Customer Spotlight 
New Belgium Brewing, the popular brewers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of great Belgian-inspired beers has recently selected Green House Data’s Cloud to host all of their web services.
New Belgium Brewing chose our cloud hosting services not only for the flexibility and reliability our cloud infrastructure provides, but also for our similarly aligned environmental and sustainability practices. |
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We’re hiring!
Green House Data is in a growth phase. Not only are we adding new colocation space to our existing Wyoming facility and in the process of finalizing our second data center location, but we are also hiring at our Cheyenne location! Open Position Types Include:
Keep checking in as new opportunities open up.
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 Green House Data has recently joined the Green Business Bureau. Through
our green practices both in and out of the data center, our company has
been awarded Platinum Level Status, the highest tier recognized by the
Green Business Bureau. One of the reasons we chose to work with the
GBB was due to their commitment that being green doesn’t mean more
expensive, which is very important to us at Green House Data. Visit our
website to learn more about our green data center or to learn more about the Green Business Bureau, visit http://www.gbb.org.
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Green House Data
304 Progress Circle, Suite B
Cheyenne, WY 82007
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