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## Data Center Light is now hosting for South Pole
## Where penguins meet
We have great news - that we have welcomed a new customer into [Data Center Light,](https://datacenterlight.ch) our renewable energy-powered data center in the Alps. It is rare that we write about who we offer our services to, so when we do it you know it is a bit special and we might have a good reason for it. This time we're introducing another penguin: the great penguins all the way from [South Pole](https://www.southpole.com/).
Do you know where penguins live? Probably all of us assume that they
live at the South Pole. That is correct. And it is [a really
fascinating story how penguins
meet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_of_the_Penguins). If you
haven't seen the movie, we can highly recommend it!
## Who is South Pole?
But did you know that penguins also live and meet at other places? For
South Pole is a team of passionate sustainability experts with its headquarter in Zürich. South Pole specializes in green investments, climate actions for businesses, climate risk assessment and, renewable energy.
Or in the case of the penguin companies [South
Pole](https://www.southpole.com/) and [ungleich](https://ungleich.ch):
in Switzerland.
Started as a handful of people with great ideas back in 2006, now their offices are spread over 30 countries, including Singapore, London, Amsterdam, Sydney, Stockholm, and more. And most importantly: their mascot is a penguin, and the team calls themselves penguins.
This blog post is about how penguins and ethical values brought South
Pole and ungleich together.
Sustainability, Switzerland, penguins?! Instant love for us.
## Who is South Pole?
We recommend that you take a look at [their blog](https://www.southpole.com/blog) that covers their inspiring projects such as forest conservation, wild animal protection, clean water project for local communities, and many more.
South Pole is a team of passionate sustainability experts with its
headquarter in Zürich. South Pole specializes in green investments,
climate actions for businesses, climate risk assessment and, renewable
energy.
Started as a handful of people with great ideas back in 2006, now
their offices are spread over 30 countries, including Singapore,
London, Amsterdam, Sydney, Stockholm, and more. And most importantly:
their mascot is a penguin, and the team calls themselves penguins.
## When our passion overlaps
Sustainability, Switzerland, penguins?! Instant love for us.
When we started a data center in the valleys of Switzerland only using energy from the on-site hydropower plant, when we moved into the old factory halls from the bygone weaving industry, and when we built everything from a scratch with recycled hardware, we were all in for creating a data center as sustainable as possible. However it was not 100% clear for us what kind of customers our services would be offered to.
We recommend that you take a look at [the South Pole
blog](https://www.southpole.com/blog) that covers inspiring
projects such as forest conservation, wild animal protection, clean
water project for local communities, and many more.
More and more we are realising that how we started and continued our journey has actually brought us the best kind of customers. The kind who shares our visions of sustainable technology and understands the value of what we do.
So such was the case for team ungleich and team South Pole. We love that those whom we provide our services to have the same mission as we do. Enabling and supporting like-minded people with what we have built has been a really exciting journey for our team.
## Sustainability at ungleich
## Continuing our work on sustainability together
A few years ago ungleich started building data centers in
[the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_of_Glarus).
This valley does not only offer a gorgeous view, but was the home of
the weaving industry for more than a century. And it's our luck and
privilege to build on top of this heritage.
Our team sends the warmest welcome to the fellow penguins of South Pole! Together our walk for the sustainable future will be even more fun.
Our focus is on re-using and re-modeling buildings from this
time. Many factory halls in Glarus also come with on-site hydropower
plants, which allows us to run servers on 100% renewable, locally
Nico Schottelius
3 years ago