Rackspace Managed Hosting, has partnered with the International Tree Foundation to provide carbon-neutral web hosting.

The foundation will plant trees to offset the carbon emissions produced by each customer’s hosting solution.

Tony Warne, chairman of The International Tree Foundation, said that this is the first time that the International Tree Foundation has entered into a deal of this kind.
'Businesses have long had the option of using recycled paper in the office, but as the website and electronic communications become more important, it is encouraging that a web hosting company is setting this benchmark for the rest of the industry to follow.'

Fabio Torlini, marketing director at Rackspace, said: 'One tree will soak up the carbon emitted by powering a server for a 12 month period, and this costs us about ten pounds per tree. All the trees are being planted in the UK.'

'We are attracting some businesses simply because we are doing this, including one ethical-based website,' he said.

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