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Your sustainable website: powered by 100% renewable green energy
The internet costs a lot to power: over 205 terawatt-hours (TWh) a year according to one study, meaning it is responsible for around 3.7% of all global energy use.
And whilst an individual website’s footprint is small, it all adds up.
Housing the computers and servers from which your website is hosted, datacentres require constant and uninterrupted electrical supply, protection against power surges and outages, and robust temperature and humidity controls to maintain their vast ventilation and cooling systems.
We have green website hosting as we have a datacentre that partners with renewable energy suppliers to ensure that our web hosting, cooling and network is powered by 100% renewable energy.
However, we’ve also ensured that we increase the energy efficiency of our servers, too. We do this through efficient power usage and use of scalable technologies.
What is a PUE Rating?
Power usage effectiveness (PUE) is a ratio that describes how efficiently a computer datacentre uses energy. The best PUE theoretical rating possible is 1, and the industry average sits at 1.7 as of 2022. Our datacentre excels with a PUE of 1.12, meaning not only does it use renewable green energy but it uses it incredibly efficiently too.
Why use scalable resources?
The use of scalable technologies means that when your website is busy with lots of visitors it is allocated the required resources to keep it running effectively, but equally it also means that when there’s few visitors to your site, it takes up fewer resources and uses less energy - better for the planet and for all of us.
In summary, with a Volute website our clients get:
- A website which is stored across servers that aren’t contributing to climate change
- World-class efficiency from a datacentre with a power usage effectiveness (PUE) rating of 1.12
- Scalable technologies with an eco-friendly approach
To find out how we can help you with your sustainably powered website contact us by emailing
