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+title: Visit a zero carbon data center
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+pub_date: 2020-01-07
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+author: Nico Schottelius
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+twitter_handle: NicoSchottelius
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+_hidden: no
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+_discoverable: yes
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+abstract:
+Don't trust us - trust your eyes
+---
+body:
+
+From time to time we get the question "Are you really a zero carbon
+data center? How do you proof it?".
+
+As we use a local hydro power plant and local solar panels, we don't
+have CO2 compensation certificates, because, well, we don't
+compensate, but don't emit in the first place.
+
+## Don't take our word
+
+But why should you believe us? Maybe all those nice pictures we post
+are just taken from a stock photograph website? And the answer is:
+You don't need to.
+
+## Inspect yourself
+
+Instead of believing us, we invite you to visit us,
+the [Data Center Light](/u/projects/data-center-light/) in the heart
+of [Digital Glarus](/u/projects/digital-glarus/). We invite you to
+visit, to take pictures, to convince yourself. To post the pictures
+and to share it.
+
+To have a look at the hydro power plant (its loud!), the solar panels
+(luckily not loud) and the server infrastructure. You will not
+even find any cooling mechanism, because we don't cool our servers.
+
+## Visit and stay
+
+If just visiting to find out whether or not our claim is true sounds
+like wasting a lot of resources, then why don't you even stay with us
+and work or relax?
+
+We can provide you with a place to sleep and stay over in the
+[Hacking Hotel](/u/projects/hacking-hotel/) or the
+[Digital Chalet](/u/projects/digital-chalet/), where you can work with
+a 10 Gbit/s connection that goes directly to the data center.
+
+
+## Why?
+
+Here at ungleich we believe that full transparency is required to
+establish trust. This is also why we launched the
+[Open Infrastructure
+project](https://redmine.ungleich.ch/projects/open-infrastructure/wiki),
+which describes our internal infrastructure. This is also why Data
+Center Light is solely based on Open Source Software.
+
+And on top of all of this, we think that Glarus is already worth a
+visit just for enjoying the very pretty view. Glarus is a lot like a
+fairy tale, just in reality.
+
+## How to visit
+
+Just reach out to us by email (info at ungleich.ch),
+[chat](https://chat.ungleich.ch) or
+[twitter](https://twitter.com/ungleich) and we will share information
+of how and when to best reach us with you.