Our servers consume a lot of electricity. For this we of course use 100% green energy. We don't buy this electricity directly, but this energy is supplied by our data centres. We do validate their energy sources, as well as request Green certificates/GvOs from them. This should mean we do not emit CO₂, right?
Well, even though we are using 'green' energy, the energy coming out of the wall socket is always a mix of green and grey energy. It only becomes 100% green through certificates (GvOs). We wrote a lengthy article about this: sjoemel stroom. So even if on paper it’s green, that doesn't...
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