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Maybe I'm missing some of the math, but the only number this whole article seems to be based on is hearsay Google power usage of "less than 1% of 198.8 billion
by brokentone 15y ago
Maybe I'm missing some of the math, but the only number this whole article seems to be based on is hearsay Google power usage of "less than 1% of 198.8 billion kWh" Somehow this number gets extrapolated to "Google may be running its entire global data center network in an energy footprint of roughly 220 megawatts of power." Which then means "the company is probably running about 900,000 servers" against previous "guesstimates have placed Google’s server count at more than 1 million."
My goodness, a 10% difference from the old guesstimates on stats like "less than 1%"? This article didn't do much for me.
- retube 15y agoAgreed. It's just content filler, of no worth whatsoever.
- timf 15y agoGoogle's estimated power usage is not hearsay in this case, from the actual article (linked to): "To my knowledge, this is the first time that Google has revealed specific details about their total data center electricity use (they gave me an upper bound, not an exact number" In doing the electricity --> server guess, he gave them up to a 30% credit for self-assembled vs. off the shelf servers.