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When we talk about climate change or sustainability, we usually think
about factories or cars. What we usually don't anticipate is how much
we actually contribute to the climate change by our digital behaviour.
we actually contribute to climate change by our digital behaviour.
## How data is stored
Your data is usually stored in one of the many data centers in the
world. To save your data, multiple disk or even multiple servers are
world. To save your data, multiple disks or even multiple servers are
used to ensure that your data is safely stored.
When you open up your mobile phone to browse pictures or to read your
@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ email, you access the servers to retrieve your data.
Most data centers use energy from the grid. This energy can be either
produced by coal, nuclear power or renewable energy. Unfortunately,
most of them don't run on renewable energy. Some do buy CO2
certificates to compensate this fact.
certificates to compensate for this fact.
Energy in a data center is spent on one side for actually running the
The energy in a data center is spent on one side for actually running the
servers that store your data and on cooling on the other hand. The
amount of energy used for cooling can be quite significant, too.
@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ be contributing to CO2 emissions by using your default data storage.
So how can we tackle this situation?
We have worked hard here in Switzerland to create the [Data Center
Light](https://datacenterlight.ch), a complete alternative
approach to save as much CO2 emissions, as possible.
Light](https://datacenterlight.ch), a completely alternative
approach to save as many CO2 emissions, as possible.
And this is how it is done:
* instead of buying certificates, we use 100% renewable energy
* instead of buying energy, we produce it locally (using PV and a
local hydro power plant)
local hydropower plant)
* instead of building new data centers, we modernise existing factory
halls
* instead of buying new servers, we buy 2nd hand (with new disks/ssds)
@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ you should not miss the [Black IPv6
Friday](https://swiss-crowdfunder.com/campaigns/black-ipv6-friday?locale=en),
which has *up to 50% discount on the products*.
If you have any questions or comemnts, you can reach us at
If you have any questions or comments, you can reach us at
**sustainability at ungleich.ch** or in the [ungleich
chat](https://chat.with.ungleich.ch).