We looked to mother nature for inspiration in cooling and found it. Renewable, atmospheric energy in the air is used by our air conditioning systems which works similar to a thunderstorm, instead of large amounts of fossil fuels required by vapor (refrigerant) compression air conditioning systems found in all data centers. You could say, we are using air conditioners that are a thunderstorm in a box.

Our air conditioners use the same latent cooling process that transfers heat to a thunderstorm via atmospheric air, a clean renewable energy source. Water is evaporated into air in one chamber within the air conditioner, and this cools the air flowing in an adjacent chamber. Water vapor in the exhaust air holds the heat and is used for cooling our solar panels and to be renewed by the atmosphere.

Our air conditioning system:

• eliminates the need for refrigerants by using 100% fresh, filtered, outdoor air. The system uses only a few hundred watts during cool weather by sucking in cold outside air and up to 600 watts during warm weather when rainwater is used to cool hot outside air.

Saves emissions in 1 year*:

• over 72,504 pounds of CO2 (Greenhouse)
• over 106.2 pounds of Nitrogen oxide (Smog)
• over 78.8 pounds of Sulfate (Acid rain)

The sun produces rays of solar heat to warm the earth, our houses and our water. The solar radiation reaching objects that are not reflective on earth causes solar radiation (heat) to be absorbed, called Albedo, which raises the surrounding air temperature and causes a heat island effect. To combat this we have painted our building completely white.

According to the Climate Change Research Conference in California, painting our building white reduces planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere and keeps our building and surrounding air cooler. If all were switched to reflective material in 100 major urban areas, it would offset 44 metric gigatons of greenhouse gases, which is more than all the countries on Earth emit in a single year.

Our building painted white:

• eliminates planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere, reduces smog, cools our building, cools outside air, and offsets global warming.

Saves emissions of:

• over 44,092 pounds of CO2 (Greenhouse)
• over 64.7 pounds of Nitrogen oxide (Smog)
• over 47.8 pounds of Sulfate (Acid rain)

We value clean air and to make sure surrounding city air is clean we have chosen a backup generator that runs on propane gas. Propane gas is cleaner burning which prevents dirty air in our environment, compaired to diesel gas which is found at most other hosting companies.
 

Normal data centers use diesel generators to provide backup power. Diesel soot, or diesel particulate, is the number one airborne carcinogen in California. A typical standby diesel generator produces 25-30 pounds of nitrogen oxides (NOx) per megawatt hour of power generated, 50 to 60 times the NOx pollution produced per megawatt hour by the typical mix of California gas-fired power plants.

Our propane generators:

• eliminates large amounts of carbon dioxide, and produces no sulfur dioxide or particulates which is the primary causes of the greenhouse effect and acid rain. In fact, propane also meets the standards set by the federal Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) for reducing acid rain and controlling air pollution in urban areas. The CAAA heralds propane as one of the solutions to a cleaner, healthier environment. And since propane vaporizes rapidly, it won’t contaminate soil or groundwater.

Most data centers when built have to get the streets, sidewalks and land around were they are located dug up to install their conductivity to the Internet. This is not the most environmentally friendly thing to do. To prevent us from doing that we have employed wireless Internet which uses the air instead of the ground for our Internet conductivity.

We choose to use the air to provide Internet conductivity and uses existing wireless internet towers, some of which are solar powered. We have three separate Internet backbones which are carrier grade wireless FCC Licensed links, similar to the wireless links most telephone and government agency's use. Each wireless dish uses a different mount peak and ISP POP's/Nodes to provide redundancy in case of any failures.

Our wireless internet backbones:

• eliminates the need to dig up the ground, roads and other areas if we need more internet feeds or more bandwidth.

Saves the environment by:

• powering radio towers using solar panels
• reducing electronic equipment needs and reduces power consumption
• minimizing the disruption of natural habitats and ground environments
• minimizing the use of heavy machinery which reduces fuel consumption and smog

Our air conditioning system uses pressure to force air from outside of our building into our server room. We have taken these already existing pressures and will be installing a mini wind turbine. The wind turbine installed in the ducting is used to generate electricity to charge batteries, 24 hours a day. The batteries then supply power that powers our 5 watt thin client computers used by our employees in our office.