The Greening of Google
Computers eat energy and as the world gets more wired, this is going to increasingly be a problem. Luckily, Google is on the case and has been for the past decade. In a post on the company’s blog, Urs Holzle, details how the big G has the most efficient data centers on the planet.
Two money quotes from Holzle, senior vice president, operations:
“We now believe that Google-designed data centers are the most efficient in the world.”
“In the time it takes to do a Google search, your own personal computer will use more energy than we will use to answer your query.”
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