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According to an article in the UK science and technology news magazine, The Register, the world’s largest web hosting company 1&1 Internet will build its next data center in an abandoned nuclear power facility.

The Manau, Germany facility, called “New MOX” was originally built near the end of the 1980’s to process fuel for use in nuclear reactors. If local protestors hadn’t gotten in closed down before it even opened, the facility would have been handling large amounts of dangerous toxic substances like plutonium and uranium.

Now there will be no risk of that ever happening, as 1&1 takes it over and makes it a green data center that, among other environmentally friendly innovations, will be energy efficient climate controls.

This after 1&1 just recently announced a partnership with the non-profit Bonneville Environmental Foundation to buy enough Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to cover 100% of its energy usage at its United States data center.

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