What we can show about Hetzner's hosting, each piece with its source and the date we checked it.
Evidence checked 16 October 2026. Green Web Foundation directory checked 17 October 2026.
Listed in the Green Web Foundation's directory of verified green providers, checked 17 October 2026.
GWF lists it as “Hetzner Online GmbH” (provider 131).
GWF does not publish when a provider was last verified. Providers verified before October 2026 are reassessed under its new criteria, which no longer accept offsets, at their next reverification.
Web hosting runs in Hetzner's own data-centre park in Nuremberg. Its cloud and dedicated servers are also offered in Finland, the USA and Singapore.
| Country | Grid average | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 334 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
https://www.hetzner.com/webhosting UndatedOur web hosting packages run exclusively on servers in our own data centers in our data center park in Nuremberg.
Grid figures: Ember, Yearly electricity data (2026), CC BY 4.0.
In Germany, we obtain 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy sources.
https://docs.hetzner.com/general/company-and-policy/sustainability-at-hetzner/ 3 September 2026
Dieses Unternehmen deckt vom 01.01.2025 bis zum 31.12.2025 seinen Strombedarf zu 100% aus Wasserkraft.
https://cdn.hetzner.com/assets/oekostrom-zertifikat-2025-2.pdf Undated
Our data centers in Germany have been using electricity from sustainable sources since 2008.
https://www.hetzner.com/unternehmen/nachhaltigkeit Undated
When the checker launches, this section will show its measurement of Hetzner's own website: a fact about that one website, not about how its customers' sites are hosted.
Listing data from the Green Web Foundation's Green Web Dataset, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL).