What It Takes to Power Google

sahara_mafia · Sep 13, 2011, 12:50 PM

Google is the first major Web company to reveal exactly how much energy it uses—information that will help researchers and policy makers understand how the massive explosion of Internet usage and cloud computing is contributing to global energy consumption.

Google uses 260 million watts continuously across the globe, the company reported on Wednesday. This is equivalent to the power used by all the homes in Richmond, Virginia, or Irvine, California (around 200,000 homes), and roughly a quarter of the output of a standard nuclear power plant.

Source technologyreview

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sahara_mafia member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: botswana Posts: 3,368 Rep Power: 155 System Specs	What It Takes to Power Google Google is the first major Web company to reveal exactly how much energy it uses—information that will help researchers and policy makers understand how the massive explosion of Internet usage and cloud computing is contributing to global energy consumption. Google uses 260 million watts continuously across the globe, the company reported on Wednesday. This is equivalent to the power used by all the homes in Richmond, Virginia, or Irvine, California (around 200,000 homes), and roughly a quarter of the output of a standard nuclear power plant. Source technologyreview __________________ Last edited by MIG-31; Sep 13, 2011 at 01:06 PM.