Certification & Sustainability

Even though sustainability in hosting often plays a secondary role for many customers, it is still important to us as a hosting provider to be transparent and to make it easier for our customers to choose our hosting services.

Sustainability is an important issue for us at punkt.de GmbH.

Certification is also becoming increasingly important, for example, ISO 27001. You can find all the details about our hosting services on this page.

Data Center punkt.de

How is our hosting structured?

proServer (virtual / dedicated)

We use data centers from the following providers to host our standard proServer products:

If you would like to know which data center your application is located in, please contact us at hosting@punkt.de.

Custom Infrastructure

For custom infrastructure, hosting is also customized. We are completely agnostic when it comes to hosting. If you have any requirements regarding the sustainability of your infrastructure, we’ll be happy to take them into account. Please contact us directly at: hosting@punkt.de.

More information on the sustainability efforts of our data center partners:

Hetzner Online GmbH

Energy source

As data center operators, we have high energy needs. It is important to us to meet these needs exclusively with renewable energy. Our data centers in Germany have been using hydropower since 2008. The Datacenter Park in Finland has been powered by hydropower since its construction in 2018.

Source: https://www.hetzner.com/de/unternehmen/nachhaltigkeit/

Energy Efficiency

Hetzner’s data centers are in-house developments designed with a focus on highly energy-efficient operation. They are optimized for cooling with outside air. The raised floor, cold aisle containment, and sloped pent roof automatically and precisely direct airflow through the data center.

PUE measures the energy efficiency of data centers. The closer the value is to 1.0, the higher the efficiency. The PUE of our data centers ranges between 1.10 and 1.16.

WUE measures water consumption in a data center. We use only air to cool our servers and do not require water cooling.

On the Hetzner website, you can view the power consumption in watts for our various servers in the respective product matrix under the “Power Consumption” section.

punkt.de, GmbH will be happy to provide you with information about your server type; please contact us directly and include your proServer ID (which you can find on your invoice).

Source:

https://www.hetzner.com/de/unternehmen/nachhaltigkeit/

Data Center Certification

You can find our current certificates here: https://www.hetzner.com/de/unternehmen/zertifizierung

You can also find additional certificates here:

Emissions

Hetzner is not yet fully climate-neutral. We source 100% of our electricity from renewable energy sources—in Germany, from hydropower. Compared to the national electricity mix in Germany, we reduce our CO₂ emissions at our German locations by 77,000 metric tons of CO₂ per year.

We strive for the highest possible efficiency throughout the entire value chain. With an average PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.13, the operation of our data centers is extremely energy-efficient.

Hardware and Lifecycle Management

Through the Server Exchange, Hetzner extends the useful life of our hardware.

Unneeded components are removed, and airflow is optimized for efficient cooling.

A server’s lifecycle begins with the development of our own models and assembly in our hardware department. When older server models are decommissioned after use in the data center, they usually end up in our server exchange—tested, ready for use, and affordable.

If defects are detected during testing, the servers are repaired. If repair isn’t possible, individual hardware components are reused or recycled. This allows us to extend the service life of our servers to an average of eight years and conserve resources.

Further information:

https://www.hetzner.com/de/unternehmen/nachhaltigkeit/

Site Selection

The following locations are available at Hetzner.

For our standard products, punkt.de GmbH relies on data centers in Germany and Finland. If you would like other locations, please feel free to contact us.

Source:

https://www.hetzner.com/de/unternehmen/rechenzentrum/

Plus.line AG

Energy source

Plus.line uses a colocation space provided by Telehouse Deutschland GmbH, which is powered entirely by green electricity from renewable energy sources.

Source: https://www.telehouse-rechenzentrum.de/downloads/

Energy Efficiency

Plus.line uses a colocation space provided by Telehouse Deutschland GmbH; the data center in Frankfurt am Main is certified to DIN EN ISO 50001:2018.

The data center has a capacity of 3.6 megawatts of IT power and 4.5 megawatts of total power. Thanks to a design PUE that can be as low as 1.25 and 100% green energy, the data center achieves top marks in sustainability and energy efficiency.

Source: https://www.telehouse-rechenzentrum.de/downloads/

Site Selection

Through Plus.Line AG, we host our servers in a colocation space operated by Telehouse Deutschland GmbH at a data center in Frankfurt am Main.

Hosttech

Energy source

Our electricity is 100% green and comes from certified hydroelectric power plants in the region. Hosttech is "Green IT" certified.

We also use 100% renewable electricity for our office spaces.

Source: https://www.hosttech.ch/unternehmen/infrastruktur/

Energy Efficiency

Largely using outside air, without additional cooling of the systems.

We use the exhaust air from our server systems to heat our office and auxiliary buildings!

Source: https://www.hosttech.de/unternehmen/infrastruktur/

Data Center Certification

Hosttech holds the following certifications:

Current certificates will be sent upon request.

Source: https://www.hosttech.de/blog/news/iso-27001-zertifizierung-erneuert/

Site Selection

At the customer's request, we host our servers in a Hosttech data center in Switzerland.

Figure: contact person Patrick M. Hausen
Do you have any questions about our hosting services? If so, please feel free to contact us.
If you have any questions about sustainability or the location of your current or future hosting service, please contact us directly.
Patrick M. Hausen
Senior Network and Systems Engineer
+49(0)721 91090
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