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How Much Electricity Does It Take to Run the Web?

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• ComputerGuru 17y ago
  How much does it need: not much, according to this potato-powered web server http://d116.com/spud/ http://d116.com/spud/
• bd 17y ago
  So, in other words it's essentially nothing: $4.5B is about 0.3 promille of US GDP. Or for example, just Apple alone could power a complete web US infrastructure for ~7.5 years with its current cash reserves.
• embeddedradical 17y ago
  that sure was a lot of clicking and looking to get to '1.5% of the total US electricity usage'.
• jeremyw 17y ago
  Direct link: http://www.americainfra.com/media/media-news/infographics/datacentres.png http://www.americainfra.com/media/media-news/infographics/da...
• dazzawazza 17y ago
  This figure would only be interesting if it were anywhere near the cost of the internet not existing. Without the internet there would, for example, be more car trips to shops which is a less effective use of energy. I am sure there are many other examples of a net saving in energy.