How Much Electricity Does It Take to Run the Web?

http://www.switched.com/2009/10/22/how-much-electricity-does-it-take-to-run-the-web/

by alexandros • 17 years ago

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ComputerGuru• 17 years ago

How much does it need: not much, according to this potato-powered web server

http://d116.com/spud/

bd• 17 years ago

So, in other words it's essentially nothing: $4.5B is about 0.3 promille of US GDP.

Or for example, just Apple alone could power a complete web US infrastructure for ~7.5 years with its current cash reserves.

embeddedradical• 17 years ago

that sure was a lot of clicking and looking to get to '1.5% of the total US electricity usage'.

jeremyw• 17 years ago

Direct link: http://www.americainfra.com/media/media-news/infographics/da...

dazzawazza• 17 years ago

This figure would only be interesting if it were anywhere near the cost of the internet not existing. Without the internet there would, for example, be more car trips to shops which is a less effective use of energy. I am sure there are many other examples of a net saving in energy.

How Much Electricity Does It Take to Run the Web?

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