Is DigitalOcean Green Hosting?
DigitalOcean is a fantastically simple provider of cloud hosting services with transparent pricing. Regrettably, they're less transparent about their green credentials.
This post is a living document explaining which DigitalOcean data centres we think are green. This is surmised data through support requests, community notes, and some assumptions, and maybe incorrect. If you know better, please email me on andrew@madebymutual.com and I'll revise this.
If being in a green facility is critical to your requirements, please check with their official support team for a verified answer.
Last updated: 6th December 2019.
🇺🇸 New York City, USA - NYC1
NYC1 is housed in an Equinix facility that had 100% renewable coverage in 2018.
Verdict: Green!
🇺🇸 New York City, USA - NYC2
NYC2 is housed in a Digital Realty facility.
According to their Clean Energy page they are aiming towards 100% renewable energy but are currently at around 30% (although we suspect this varies per facility).
Verdict: Not yet green.
🇺🇸 New York City, USA - NYC3
NYC3 is housed in a Digital Realty facility.
According to their Clean Energy page they are aiming towards 100% renewable energy but are currently at around 30% (although we suspect this varies per facility).
Verdict: Not yet green.
🇺🇸 San Francisco, USA - SFO1
SFO1 is housed in a Digital Realty facility.
According to their Clean Energy page they are aiming towards 100% renewable energy but are currently at around 30% (although we suspect this varies per facility).
Verdict: Not yet green.
🇺🇸 San Francisco, USA - SFO2
SFO2 is housed in a Digital Realty facility.
According to their Clean Energy page they are aiming towards 100% renewable energy but are currently at around 30% (although we suspect this varies per facility).
Verdict: Not yet green.
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands - AMS2
AMS2 is housed in an Equinix facility that had 100% renewable coverage in 2018.
Verdict: Green!
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands - AMS3
AMS3 is housed in an Equinix facility that had 100% renewable coverage in 2018.
Verdict: Green!
🇸🇬 Singapore - SGP1
SGP1 is housed in an Equinix facility that had 100% renewable coverage in 2018.
Verdict: Green!
🇬🇧 London, UK - LON1
LON1 is housed in an Equinix facility that had 100% renewable coverage in 2018.
Verdict: Green!
🇩🇪 Frankfurt, Germany - FRA1
FRA 1 is housed in an Interxion facility.
According to their Sustainability Page, 100% of their energy comes from renewable sources.
Verdict: Green! Good old renewable energy in use 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada - TOR1
TOR1 is housed in an Equinix facility that had 100% renewable coverage in 2018.
Verdict: Green!
🇮🇳 Bangalore, India - BLR1
BLR1 is housed in an NTT Communications facility.
Their 2018 Sustainability Report suggests that their India facility uses wind power but we can't see any evidence of it being 100% green
Verdict: Not yet green, but uses some wind power.