{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"4GoodHosting Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog","author_name":"4GHadmin","author_url":"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/author\/4goodhosting\/","title":"New Invention for More Climate-Friendly Data Servers - 4GoodHosting Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xID5YNU33v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/new-invention-for-more-climate-friendly-data-servers\/\">New Invention for More Climate-Friendly Data Servers<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/new-invention-for-more-climate-friendly-data-servers\/embed\/#?secret=xID5YNU33v\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;New Invention for More Climate-Friendly Data Servers&#8221; &#8212; 4GoodHosting Blog\" data-secret=\"xID5YNU33v\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"There\u2019s no debating the fact that a higher population means higher power consumption. In the same way greater demands on data servers caused by so many more people using them indirectly are unavoidable too, and the way data centers are already using way too much power is definitely not good for the environment. Denmark isn\u2019t anywhere close to being one of the most populated countries in Europe, but even there a single large data center consumes the equivalent of four percent of Denmark&#8217;s total electricity consumption. That\u2019s according to the Danish Council on Climate Change, and when you consider what that means you can imagine what the number would be like for much more heavily populated countries around the world. The growth of IoT and SaaS applications is going to increase this consumption and in the big picture it\u2019s really not good. Here at 4GoodHosting, the nature of what we do as a quality Canadian web hosting provider means we can 100% relate to anything connected to operating large-scale data centers. Plus, we prefer good to news to any news that is not as good and that\u2019s why this particular piece of news out of Denmark made the cut for [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/AdobeStock_87909563.jpeg","thumbnail_width":6000,"thumbnail_height":4200}