> and the cloud vendors, who'd kill to be able to serve 1% more VMs per kilowatt If Google's only expense were electricity, and profit margin was 50%, then sav

> and the cloud vendors, who'd kill to be able to serve 1% more VMs per kilowatt If Google's only expense were electricity, and profit margin was 50%, then saving 1% on power bill would increase profits by 1%. I skimmed the Alphabet annual report: saw $260 revenue, $80 profit, $110 operating expenses (electricity and staff). Say $10 on power, then 1% is $0.1 - improve profits a bit over 0.1%. Anyone know how many $/year Google spends on power?