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Except for places where there are a LOT of electronics, like datacenters.
by dreamcompiler 8y ago
Except for places where there are a LOT of electronics, like datacenters.
- spydum 8y agoEven there - the lions share of electricity is consumed COOLING those electronics, but it is a fair point.
- D_Alex 8y agoThat is not correct, cooling uses maybe 20% of the electricity used by the electronics themselves.
- raducu 8y agoBut aren't all electronics just converting 99% of electricity to heat? Electronics don't just consume electricity by themselves -- they convert it to heat/light or noise.
- D_Alex 8y agoTrue, but an air conditioning system removes multiple kWhrs of heat for each kWhr of electricity. See for example here: http://www.currentforce.com.au/coefficient-of-performance/ http://www.currentforce.com.au/coefficient-of-performance/
- benj111 8y agoAs I understand it, cooling the data centres uses as much electricity as the servers themselves use[1]. Of course you could make a very good case for including that in the electronics usage totals anyway. [1] http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2018/ph240/mangu2/ http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2018/ph240/mangu2/