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> Datacenters are something like 20% of all energy consumption. Do you have a source for that? It didn't sound right and my quick Googling suggests that it's o
by sokoloff 3y ago
> Datacenters are something like 20% of all energy consumption.
Do you have a source for that? It didn't sound right and my quick Googling suggests that it's off by around a factor of 20 or more. (Some put datacenters as low as 1% of total electricity consumption, which is a subset of all energy consumption.)
- uoaei 3y agoIt was admittedly hearsay. My research says it's about 2% of energy use in the US and 1% of electricity use worldwide with remarkable constancy in electricity demands due to storage and computing efficiency gains. Thanks for the reality check.