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Router/switches don't transform the data, they send it to its destination. Most of the power in data center is used by computers, not the routers, switches, and
by ianburrell 3y ago
Router/switches don't transform the data, they send it to its destination. Most of the power in data center is used by computers, not the routers, switches, and load balcners. Now if you said that data center acts like one big computer, that would be accurate.
Plus, power doesn't go out, all the power is used by the data center. Mixing data and power leads to confusion.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoI agree with the transformation part, and almost said one big transistor or computer but don’t think either are right either. I still think switch is closest. Computers turn electricity mostly into a display (monitor) (I’m not calling out heat cause every computer does that) The data piped out of data centers almost purely specifically routed packets - so that looks more like a switch to me