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Web hosting has been around now for almost two decades. It has remained relatively unchanged in how it works. There is one major difference and that is how the data centers (the centers where the web servers are housed) are powered. We have begun to move to using alternative energy to power them and by using these companies, we are helping the green movement as well.

Just like our home computers, the servers that drive the Internet need sufficient and constant reliable power. When you consider the amount of power that data centers consume on  a daily basis between the computing equipment and the cooling equipment to ensure the heat doesn’t overcome the equipment, large numbers of kilowatts of electricity are used to power these great sized rooms or buildings.

Just like everything else in the last year or so since the great increase in price of fuel and the threat of global warming, there is now the push to power data centers with alternative energy.  Some hosting companies are already using alternative energy to power their operations, and not just a little.

HostGator.com, which is based in Texas, is one of those hosts that have completely made their hosting farm a “green” farm. They power their equipment completely by wind power and putting some of that generated power back into the grid. It is not shows how HostGator is being responsible to the environment, but is a model that alternative power could be used to totally replace traditional fossil fuel based power plants.

This blog and the associated web site, are hosted by Hostgator and therefore are entirely powered by alternative engery sources. If you’re looking for a way to put “green” measures into your own business model, I would consider looking at Hostgator for your web hosting needs. I have been completely satisfied not only with their product, but also with their great support backed by a great staff of people.

I have always been an advocate for using alternative fuels and I think we are just at the beginning of a new beginning of fuels that continue to renew themselves. In the future, it is easy to imagine now that alternative energies such as solar, wind, and other sources will be used to power the new backbone of our society, the Internet.