Canadian Web Hosting: A Green IT Leader

Canadian Web Hosting’s commitment to sustainability is demonstrated by recent investments into their infrastructure for the purpose of becoming more energy efficient. To maximize power and cooling they utilize high density dedicated servers that are highly energy efficient. These improvements have decreased their energy usage by 68%, lowering operating costs and proving that a smart green agenda improves the bottom line. Recently Canadian Web Hosting achieved Gold level certification with the Green Business Bureau, which is a national membership organization that uses an online assessment to certify green businesses. The company’s goal is to be a partner in their community by improving all aspects of the business to help improve the environment.

In keeping with Canadian Web Hosting’s vision for a sustainable future, the company designed and implemented initiatives that focused their efforts on decreasing their impact on the local power grids. With the introduction of Energy Smart servers in 2012 and 2013, Canadian Web Hosting significantly reduced server power draw and resulting system heat. Today, all of their servers use the latest generation of Intel E3 and E5 processors that were designed to increase performance per watt and help the company achieve gains in both power efficiency as well as performance per watt. These initiatives as well led to lower operating costs and, in turn, decreased customer costs. Additionally, Canadian Web Hosting’s chiller plant was optimized with heat exchangers to enable the isolation of the chillers in cooler months by utilizing the outdoor air temperature. The company also has a white-membrane roof that reflects heat away from the facility to decrease energy consumption for facility cooling.

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