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Yahoo!’s Cloud Recognized in Greenpeace Report
Posted: 10th of May, 2012Receives highest Clean Energy score amongst peers
Greenpeace International recently issued a report titled “How Clean is Your Cloud?” Aiming to uncover the energy choices of the largest IT companies in the race to build the cloud, Greenpeace found that Yahoo!, Google and Facebook are leading the way by moving toward powering clouds with clean energy.
Yahoo! received the highest Clean Energy Index score amongst our peers, at 56.4% (Google’s score was 39.4% and Facebook came in at 36.4%), which was not lost on NPR who noted that we were the “only major Internet company in the study to get most of its electricity from renewable or clean energy sources.”
Greenpeace specifically noted Yahoo!’s environmental responsibility in the areas of site location decision-making and energy efficiency. The report highlighted Yahoo!’s leadership in building some of the world’s most efficient facilities.
When Yahoo! identifies sites for our data centers, we take into account the presence of clean power, great workforces, and weather conditions. One of the reasons we love Lockport, New York so much is it was the perfect location for our unique “chicken coop” design. The temperate climate there lets us run the data center almost entirely on free cooling. The result is a data center that consumes 40 percent less electricity and 90 percent less water than a conventional data center. We’re now duplicating that design in our Quincy, Washington location. As the report comments, we at Yahoo! are in a great position to help move the industry towards a clean and efficient energy future.
In addition to the recognition in the Greenpeace report, the Uptime Institute named Yahoo! a finalist in the Facility Design Implementation category of its 2012 Green Enterprise IT Awards, which recognize pioneering advancements for significantly improved energy productivity in IT and data center operations.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Read more about our commitment to environmental responsibility on Yodel Anecdotal.
Greenpeace International recently issued a report titled “How Clean is Your Cloud?” Aiming to uncover the energy choices of the largest IT companies in the race to build the cloud, Greenpeace found that Yahoo!, Google and Facebook are leading the way by moving toward powering clouds with clean energy.
Yahoo! received the highest Clean Energy Index score amongst our peers, at 56.4% (Google’s score was 39.4% and Facebook came in at 36.4%), which was not lost on NPR who noted that we were the “only major Internet company in the study to get most of its electricity from renewable or clean energy sources.”
Greenpeace specifically noted Yahoo!’s environmental responsibility in the areas of site location decision-making and energy efficiency. The report highlighted Yahoo!’s leadership in building some of the world’s most efficient facilities.
When Yahoo! identifies sites for our data centers, we take into account the presence of clean power, great workforces, and weather conditions. One of the reasons we love Lockport, New York so much is it was the perfect location for our unique “chicken coop” design. The temperate climate there lets us run the data center almost entirely on free cooling. The result is a data center that consumes 40 percent less electricity and 90 percent less water than a conventional data center. We’re now duplicating that design in our Quincy, Washington location. As the report comments, we at Yahoo! are in a great position to help move the industry towards a clean and efficient energy future.
In addition to the recognition in the Greenpeace report, the Uptime Institute named Yahoo! a finalist in the Facility Design Implementation category of its 2012 Green Enterprise IT Awards, which recognize pioneering advancements for significantly improved energy productivity in IT and data center operations.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Read more about our commitment to environmental responsibility on Yodel Anecdotal.
