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The average consumer cost for 1kWh of electricity in the EU is 20¢. A well-used server might consume 500W on average. units '500W * 1 year * 0.20 €/kWh' '€'

The average consumer cost for 1kWh of electricity in the EU is 20¢. A well-used server might consume 500W on average. units '500W * 1 year * 0.20 €/kWh' '€' € 876 I'm sure businesses get a discount, but we haven't paid for cooling yet. This is hardly a rounding error.

ksec 5y ago
>I'm sure businesses get a discount Not as large as some may expect once you factor in power delivery guarantee and redundancy. But basically yes. Every single HyperScaler has been pointing out electricity as one of their largest item on their TCO, 2nd only to hardware cost.
anthk 5y ago
Which units is that? Mine does return stuff in Euros but with a fraction.
- Symbiote 5y ago
  GNU Units version 2.19 with readline, with utf8, locale en_IE and no customizations. units '500W * 1 year * 0.20/kWh' '1' would also work.
  - anthk 5y ago
    Do you have a custom ~/.units file? user@xirl>units '500W * 1 year * 0.20/kWh' '1' * 876.58128 / 0.0011407955