Dotster.com a large domain registrar out of Portland, Oregon has taken a forward step to become a more environmentally sustainable company. Dotster’s web hosting company hosts more than 4 million websites, all of which are now powered by wind energy. By doing so, Dotster will hopefully offset approx 150% of its domain & web hosting servers environmental impact.
Dotster is also practicing sustainable methods in the office by offsetting carbon dioxide emissions for employees commutes, eliminating paper waste, as well as working with a local power company to help reduce its office power usage.
Although I have only setup an account with Dotster.com to receive domains that I have purchased and never used its hosting services, I commend the company for taking the first step to become a more sustainable entity. Dotster is one of the top ten domain registrars and web hosting companies in the world and I look forward to seeing other registrars/webhosts follow suit.
