Green Power Partnership
Partner Profile
| 1&1 Internet, Inc. / Kansas Data Center | |
| Location | Lenexa, KS |
| Organization Type | Technology & Telecom |
| Percentage Green Power | 100.0% |
| Purchasing Third-Party Certified Green Power Product? | Yes |
| Organization-wide Purchase | No |
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| Partner Profile 1&1 Internet Inc. is a global leader amongst Web hosting providers, hosting approximatley 10 million customer contracts on more than 70,000 servers run in the company's five state‑of‑the‑art green data centers. 1&1 committed to a green energy program in an effort to minimize the impact of internet technologies on the environment. In effect, the company's data centers around the world are among the most energy efficient data centers in existence. Its technology infrastructure is one of several initiatives 1&1 undertakes to save energy. Of special note is 1&1's purchase of enough renewable energy certificates (RECs) to equal 100 percent of the electricity used at its Lenexa, Kansas data center. "1&1 Internet accepts the responsibility to become a green‑powered company," says Oliver Mauss, CEO of 1&1 Internet Inc. "We are proud to now be the first big hosting company with all our data centers' energy usage offset by renewable, clean energy. We believe this is an important step for every organization to take, and a contribution helping to save our planet." | |