From ad993f14f28ec4f99af432c3674994f8c234c198 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nico Schottelius Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 12:28:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ++blog: visit carbon zero data center --- .../contents.lr | 73 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/u/blog/visit-a-zero-carbon-datacenter/contents.lr diff --git a/content/u/blog/visit-a-zero-carbon-datacenter/contents.lr b/content/u/blog/visit-a-zero-carbon-datacenter/contents.lr new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dc33598 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/u/blog/visit-a-zero-carbon-datacenter/contents.lr @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +title: Visit a zero carbon data center +--- +pub_date: 2020-01-07 +--- +author: Nico Schottelius +--- +twitter_handle: NicoSchottelius +--- +_hidden: no +--- +_discoverable: yes +--- +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.