Merlin’s Web Powered by 100% Renewable Energy

Merlin’s Web powered by 100% renewable energy.

We’re proud of our green credentials, our website is powered by 100% renewable energy which is great news for the environment. Our UK data centre in Reading has an extremely low PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.12. Plus, our Autoscaling Cloud Hosting only uses the resources it needs, so no energy is wasted.

Our Tier 3 data centres run on 100% renewable energy: wind and solar power. As such, their supply is carbon-neutral.

Operating efficiency:

PUE is a measure of power usage efficiency. Our data centres have a PUE as low as 1.12. A lower score ratio is better. A ‘perfect’ efficiency ratio would be 1.0, but our data centres stand amongst the most efficient around. Others tend to have a PUE of 1.2 or higher.

This is achieved through the latest power-saving technologies in servers and uninterruptible power supplies. The same goes for our cooling, which also uses low global warming impact refrigerants.

The power saved through operating efficiency can be added to the grid, allowing more renewable energy to be supplied and reducing the reliance for fossil fuels.

The internet costs a lot to power, over 400 terawatt-hours a year. While an individual website’s footprint is small, it all adds up. The internet is responsible for around 3.7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. That’s similar to the amount produced by the global airline industry.

That’s why Merlin’s web are doing our part and powering our website through green technologies. So when you host your website with us, you’re doing your part too.