Green Web Hosting

Green Web Hosting, or climate-friendly hosting, is web hosting that has minimal to no environmental impact. Day-to-day operations do not consume any fossil fuels. We’re a green web hosting company and have been for well over a decade, long before it was a thing. It was a bit of a joke when greenwashing started and the corporate web hosting companies started pretending to be green. Stuff like “Change nothing, buy carbon credits and plant tree’s! Rediculous!

No Bull – Actually Powered by Wind and Water

Look, we’ll be straight with you. Most hosting companies bang on about being “green” but they’re just buying carbon credits or planting a few trees to offset their dirty energy. That’s not what we do.

Our servers live at Pulsant’s Reading South data centre, and here’s the thing – they use 100% renewable electricity. Not 50%, not “we’re working towards it,” but actually 100%. It comes from UK wind farms and hydroelectric plants. Proper green stuff.

Why this matters for your business:

• Your website genuinely runs on clean energy (wind and hydro power from right here in the UK)
• It’s all certified with official paperwork – SSE Green Electricity backed by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin.
• No greenwashing nonsense – this is the real deal.
• Your customers can feel good about visiting your site

Been Green Since Before It Was Cool

Pulsant has been doing this properly for years. They’ve got a whole department dedicated to sustainability (fancy title: Head of Environment and Sustainability).

They publish annual reports showing exactly where their power comes from.

The best bit? Your website performs exactly the same as it would on dirty energy. Same speed, same reliability, same everything. Except now you’re not contributing to the climate mess.

Bottom line:
Your website is as environmentally friendly as it gets, without you having to think about it.

Even Our Kettle’s Powered by Wind

Right, so it’s not just our servers that are green. Our whole office runs on renewable energy too. We get our electricity from Octopus Energy, and before you roll your eyes thinking “here we go, another company claiming to be green,” let me tell you why these lot are different.

Octopus Energy don’t just buy some carbon credits and call it a day. They actually own power purchase agreements with 102 renewable energy plants. That’s 138 solar farms, 16 onshore wind farms, 3 offshore ones, and 3 battery storage projects. They’re putting £2 billion into clean energy by 2030. Even Martin Lewis rates them, and he doesn’t mess about.

Here’s the thing though, when we’re answering your support tickets at 11pm (yes, we’re here every night late), or when we’re processing your domain renewal, or even when we’re making the third cup of tea of the evening, it’s all powered by wind and solar.

The 400,000+ customers giving them 5-star reviews aren’t wrong either. Their Trustscore hasn’t dropped below “Excellent” in 5 years. That’s proper commitment, not just marketing waffle.
So what’s this mean for you? Simple. From the moment you email us to the day-to-day running of your website, the whole chain is clean. No fossil fuels powering your hosting company’s office. No guilt about your website’s carbon footprint.

When you choose to host your online presence with us, you’re supporting a business that actually gives a toss about doing things right – right down to how we power the office coffee machine.

How to Spot the Cowboys

Right, so loads of hosting companies say they’re green when they’re not. It’s like when someone says they’re on a diet but you catch them eating cake. Here’s the tricks they pull.

The Tree Planters:

These ones have pictures of trees everywhere. “We plant trees!” they say. But their computers still use dirty electricity. It’s like saying you’re clean because you had a shower last week.

The “We Pay Someone Else” Crowd:

They keep polluting but give money to someone else to fix it. That’s like me throwing rubbish on the floor then paying the cleaner extra. Still making a mess, aren’t I?

The Maybe People:

“We try to use green energy when we can.” What’s that supposed to mean? Either you do or you don’t. When people say “try” or “when we can,” they usually mean “we can’t be bothered.”

The Certificate Buyers:

Some buy a piece of paper that says they use green energy, but they don’t actually use it, like buying a swimming certificate without learning to swim.

How to Check if They’re Real…

Just ask them – where do you get your electricity from? If they can’t tell you or start waffling, they’re probably fibbing. We’ll tell you straight – our servers use SSE Green Energy at Pulsant and our office uses Octopus Energy. Simple.

The Point:
If they won’t give you a straight answer about being green, they probably aren’t. The real green companies love talking about it because they’re proud of what they do.