Atos to offer carbon neutral hosting services

MUMBAI, INDIA: Atos Origin, an IT services company, on Thursday announced that it would offer carbon neutral hosting services to support clients on their journey towards more sustainable operations.

Clients that chose to outsource their IT infrastructure and applications to Atos’ carbon neutral data centers would benefit from the company-wide continuous improvement programme aimed at further reducing the CO2 footprint of its data centers, the company said in a statement.

“We fully understand the importance of technology in reducing the carbon footprint of our own organization and those of our clients, which is why we have developed our Green IT solutions portfolio to support our clients on their journey to a more sustainable business,” stated Thierry Breton, chairman and CEO of Atos.

Atos works in partnership with clients to create more sustainable business operations under the umbrella of the Firm of the Future. The program includes a detailed carbon audit, a roadmap and solutions for improvements and finally a performance management dashboard to measure progress.

The company also said that it has selected a windmill turbine project in the Thar Desert in India to provide clean water supply to local villages, facilitate a vaccination programme and to construct a village school.

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