Reducing the ecological footprint with STACKIT
Is it possible to make digital processes not only faster, but also more climate-friendly? Yes, because cloud solutions not only have an impact on productivity and innovation. They also determine how energy and resources are used: and therefore the ecological footprint of your company.
The way in which companies use digital services, data and hardware influences their CO² emissions. Since renewable energies and energy efficiency are decisive competitive factors, it is worth taking a look at the cloud. To be more precise: the cloud infrastructure. This is where intelligent services, high security, modern data protection and consistently sustainable operation come together.
Would you like to know what measures we as a cloud provider at STACKIT are taking to make the future greener? Here you will find all the information, tools and best practices relating to climate-friendly cloud services. Find out how IT and environmental awareness go hand in hand in 2025.
Today, sustainability is more than just a green label. It is a decisive competitive factor. It is also a legal obligation and a strategic lever for sustainable business. But what are the specific benefits of switching to the cloud for your company and for the climate?
STACKIT operates its cloud platform in energy-efficient data centers with renewable energy - including smart cooling and automated load balancing. This significantly reduces electricity consumption and enables companies to transparently record their CO² emissions, reduce them in a targeted manner and reliably achieve their sustainability goals.
Thanks to dynamic scaling and automated resource management, companies only use as much computing, storage, software and hardware as they actually need. This lowers costs, saves energy and reduces the ecological footprint during ongoing use.
STACKIT processes all data in compliance with the GDPR and exclusively in the European legal area. Short access paths, high security and an energy-efficient cloud service make data protection and sustainability a strong double for companies and public institutions.
STACKIT relies on modern technologies, artificial intelligence and smart tools to automatically control power consumption and resource utilization. This keeps your cloud environment efficient, scalable and environmentally friendly.
Whether administration, digital health, industry or e-commerce - STACKIT offers sustainable solutions that adapt flexibly. With scalable service, proven infrastructure and clear information, sustainable digitalization succeeds in every sector.
How does sustainable cloud computing work in practice? STACKIT takes a holistic approach that goes beyond mere efficiency measures. From IT architecture to regular operations and product development, all measures are interlinked. With the aim of permanently reducing energy, resources and CO² emissions. Find out here how you can benefit from our technical innovations.
STACKIT plans its cloud solutions sustainably - from the choice of location to daily operation. One showcase project is the DC 10 Ostermiething data center in Austria. There, we use water from a nearby river for cooling all year round. In combination with hot water cooling, waste heat recovery and state-of-the-art technology, the site achieves a PUE value of just 1.1 - a top value by European standards.
The data center was awarded the gold certificate by the Austrian Sustainable Building Council (ÖGNI) for this resource-saving overall concept. The permanently low energy consumption reduces CO² emissions over the entire service life of the infrastructure.
With automated resource control and dynamic workload distribution, STACKIT ensures that servers and storage are only active when they are needed. This principle avoids idling, saves energy and supports resource-conserving cloud usage - efficiently, flexibly and environmentally consciously.
STACKIT also focuses on sustainability at the software level: hardware resources are better utilized through virtualization and container technologies. Supplementary orchestration tools help to further optimize consumption - for a scalable, powerful and energy-efficient cloud infrastructure.
All STACKIT data centers are operated using green electricity from certified sources in Germany and Austria. This reduces emissions, strengthens the regional economy and ensures a transparent energy balance, which can also be clearly shown in the CSR or sustainability report.
STACKIT relies on durable, energy-efficient hardware and specifically avoids overprovisioning. Fewer devices mean less electronic waste. A clear contribution to the circular economy that further reduces the ecological impact of the cloud.
All STACKIT data centers meet international standards such as ISO 27001 and guarantee data security, transparency and compliance. By operating exclusively in Germany and Austria, all data remains in the European legal area. This is a strong signal for digital sovereignty and responsible cloud use.
STACKIT supports companies and organizations in making their IT sustainable, efficient and responsible. Selected practical examples from various sectors - from the public sector to digital SMEs - show what this looks like in practice.
A German municipality has moved all of its administrative applications to the STACKIT Cloud. A move that not only modernized its IT, but also reduced the power consumption of its own server rooms by over 40%. This was made possible by switching to centralized, highly energy-efficient data centers with smart cooling and optimized operation.
Thanks to precise monitoring, the municipality can now record, document and specifically reduce the power consumption of its IT for the first time. All data remains within the European jurisdiction - a key advantage for digital sovereignty and compliance with municipal data protection requirements.
A company specializing in medical software relies on the STACKIT cloud infrastructure for development, hosting and data management. By using green electricity, energy-efficient hardware and dynamic scaling, the company reduces several tons of emissions every year - without compromising on availability, performance or security.
Adherence to KRITIS standards, GDPR requirements and industry-specific compliance guidelines is fully guaranteed - a must for sensitive healthcare data.
A fast-growing online retailer operates its entire e-commerce platform in the STACKIT cloud, combining high scalability with measurable sustainability. Thanks to automated resource management, server capacities are only made available when they are actually needed - for example during seasonal peaks or promotional campaigns.
This demand-based control saves energy, reduces operating costs and helps the company to actively reduce its ecological footprint even in phases of rapid growth - without sacrificing responsiveness or the user experience.
Sustainability in the cloud starts with the right decisions. These can be integrated step by step into your own everyday IT routine. The following tips show how you can make targeted use of the potential of the STACKIT cloud infrastructure to effectively reduce your energy consumption, emissions and use of resources: without compromising on security, performance and transparency.
STACKIT paves the way for our customers to a sustainable cloud solution that intelligently combines cost-effectiveness, security and environmental protection. Companies and public institutions benefit from a powerful, scalable and energy-efficient solution that makes digital operations measurably more environmentally friendly.
STACKIT makes sustainability in the cloud not only possible, but actively manageable. Whether through renewable energies, intelligent resource management, certified data centers or transparent reporting tools.
Anyone who invests in a green cloud environment today is ready for sustainable climate protection in 2025 - and beyond. Our products and services will support you.
STACKIT offers monitoring and reporting tools with which you can transparently track the energy consumption and CO² emissions of your cloud services and optimize them in a targeted manner.
With consulting, monitoring tools and intelligent resource management, we help you to make your ecological goals in the cloud measurable and achievable.
STACKIT combines certified data centers, GDPR-compliant data protection and the consistent use of renewable energies. This positions us as one of the few cloud providers that consistently focus on environmental management, security and regional responsibility.
On the contrary: thanks to efficient resource management and the elimination of in-house server rooms, STACKIT can often even save costs. At the same time, the ecological footprint is significantly reduced.
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