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Rackspace® Hosting, a leading hosting services provider, is known to promote energy conservation through customer offerings, company conservation and employee education on green living. Rackspace believes that environmental responsibility is still a growing concern for hosting customers, but that customers may not be willing to be exposed to higher costs to address them; this according to the second annual “Green” survey conducted by the company. According to this most recent green survey, only 41% of respondents are willing to pay more for green products and services this year; down significantly from the 52% of respondents that were willing to pay more last year. Also this year, only 28% are willing to trade server performance for lower carbon emissions. One significant increase in responses this year showed that 69% of respondents are still concerned and either looking for ways to reduce the impact their company has on the environment or actively addressing the issue; this up 7% from last year.
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