Thursday, August 4, 2011

Google runs 900,000 servers, uses 0.01% of world's electricity

Google runs 900,000 servers that possibly consume u0.01 percent of worldwide electricity, compared to data centers as a whole, which account for up to 1.5 percent of worldwide electricity use, and as much as 2.2 percent of U.S. electricity.

To be sure, those figures represent a "best guess" made by Stanford professor Jonathan Koomey.

No comments:

Yes, Follow the Data. Even if it Does Not Fit Your Agenda

When people argue we need to “follow the science” that should be true in all cases, not only in cases where the data fits one’s political pr...