In 2010, in the USA, datacentre electricity use was 2% of the national total electricity use. Wor...
In 2010, in the USA, datacentre electricity use was 2% of the national total electricity use. Worldwide, datacentres use about 30 billion watts of electricity, roughly equivalent to the output of 30 nuclear power plants. This is probably on a rapid exponential growth rate (anyone know?) so while it's astonishing to see so much energy being used to power the computronium, it's also a huge opportunity for energy savings.   Data Centers Waste Vast Amounts of Energy, Belying Industry Image >>Helping to process the staggering amount of Internet activity that occurs, data centers waste vast amounts of energy, belying the information industry's image of environmental friendliness. [from: Google Plus Public Activity Feed for Julian Bond] |
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