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Here at INSTAhost we are committed to offering environmentally friendly and
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Our UK servers are hosted in a unique, former military bunker located in Lincolnshire, the only UK data centre 100% powered by renewable energy, wind-powered with bio-diesel generators as emergency back-up. This naturally cool environment means that the bunker's cooling systems operate much more efficiently than a traditional datacentre. Additionally, our advanced servers are 60% more efficient than standard web servers. We strongly believe that "Eco friendly" ICT solutions should be more powerful and reliable than more traditional, energy wasteful solutions - and our technologies support our belief!
We do have additional servers based within the EU and the USA - these are also 100% Carbon neutral - BUT we believe that country specific websites should be hosted in their country of business - i.e. if you are a UK company - we host your site on our UK servers, this ensures that your website is subject to local (UK) law and courts - and ensures the fewest connectivity points. If you would like to have your UK site hosted on our servers based in either the USA or the EU please contact us.
INSTAHost UK server uses 100% zero carbon energy generated from wind power. We don't create any carbon, which means you won't have to clear up the mess.
Widely hyped in the media, 'carbon neutral' is really another term for carbon offsetting.
Carbon offsetting is a way of offsetting the exact amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) you produce. This normally involves planting trees (or more typically paying other people to plant trees on your behalf), or investing (directly or indirectly) in improved energy efficiency or renewable energy projects.
A carbon offset is a credit for CO2 emission reductions that can be bought and sold. The theory being that for every one tonne of CO2 you produce, one tonne is reduced somewhere else in the world. Of course, carbon trading has become big business. But it is not without its critics.
The quality and efficacy of carbon neutral schemes can vary dramatically. Some environmentalists have dubbed carbon offsetting 'Greenwash', or 'marketing spin', because it gives a positive public image to environmentally unsound practices. INSTA host is part of the INSTAPRISE Solutions Network, which does employ carbon offsetting in some of its ICT offerings - where this applies, this is clearly marked and fully transparent - there are still some areas where Zero Carbon is not possible - and in these areas we employ fully regulated UK Carbon Offsetting schemes.
Unlike carbon neutral offsetting, which effectively allows an organisation to buy itself out of trouble, zero carbon emissions means exactly what it says. Energy generated from wind power is 100% emission-free. We don't create any carbon in the first place, which means you won't have to clear up the mess later.
INSTA host is based within the UK's first and only data centre to provide low energy, high performance hosting using zero carbon energy within an infrastructure designed for minimum environmental impact.
Traditional data centres are faced with a problem.
Their investment in outdated infrastructure means they're stuck with what
they've got, (at least until they catch up) which is an energy-hungry
operation that was never designed with low power consumption and the
environment as priorities.
Powerful ICT Solutions should not cost the earth!.
Conceived from day one to minimise energy consumption throughout its
entire operation, the Smartbunker was designed to run on 100% zero carbon
energy derived from renewable resources (wind turbines).
This is backed-up with the latest generation of uninterruptible power
supplies (UPS) and fail-safe bio-diesel emergency generators
to provide guaranteed uninterruptible power.
Our state of the art servers - with their groundbreaking settings, combined with the Centre's constant subterranean ambient temperature, saves up to104 megawatt hours per year, per rack. With a traditional data centre this would have equated to a massive 45 tonnes of CO2 per rack.
INSTA host's Zero Carbon hosting will not cost you any more than a traditional or carbon neutral data centre. You just get 100% uptime, bullet proof security and UK based service and support 24x7x365. INSTA Host is proud to be a UK based company and does not employ any type of UK tax avoidance, our server centre is based within Lincolnshire, contributing to the East of England's booming LCEGS sector.
