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Internet is draining the world of electricity
Urvashi , New Delhi: Oct 1 2007
Made Popular Oct 1 2007
Internet is emerging as a resource drainer. Equipment powering the internet accounts for 9.4 percent of electricity demand in the U.S., and 5.3 percent of global demand, according to research by David Sarokin at Uclue. Worldwide, that’s 868...
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Simon brdatasystems.com.au Oct 2 2007
Brisbane, Australia
Great post, but the figures are a bit larger than I have seen before. If you at the recent EPA report in the US for example they are quoting figures of 1.5% of total electricity consumption. That is still huge though at 61 billion kilowatt-hours. You should also check out what Sun is doing to save energy. They are probably the leaders in this area at the moment. They have a great tour through their new datacentre online, and they have just launched a site called OpenEco which allows you to compare your performance with others.
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