Websites log on to green hosting

PUNE: If you belong to the club of netizens, plan to have your own website or genuinely care about the environment, this one’s for you. The
buzzword in website hosting
, green hosting’ is making itself felt across the internet circles, albeit in a small way.

Now, the trend has made its way to Pune as well, with the city-based Pune Gourmet Club Association opting for an American green’ server to host its recently-launched website. Green hosting refers to hosting one’s website on a carbon-neutral server, viz. one whose carbon emissions are offset by the web-hosting company by green activities like planting trees etc or through the purchase of carbon credits.

While an extensive search by TOI threw up only one website that was hosted on a green server, Znet India, one of the country’s largest web-hosting companies, has confirmed that they have up to 100 clients who have opted for green hosting.
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