Re:Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy in 2017
by magicalist on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @06:53PM
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> Google's datacenter energy consumption, is difficult to guess, if there are 1 million servers, and assuming each server consumes 10KWH per day, then it makes ~3.5 TWH per year
FWIW, the linked article mentions
> The 5.7 terawatt-hours of electricity Google consumed in 2015 “is equal to the output of two 500 megawatt coal plants,” said Jonathan Koomey
FWIW, the linked article mentions
> The 5.7 terawatt-hours of electricity Google consumed in 2015 “is equal to the output of two 500 megawatt coal plants,” said Jonathan Koomey
though they don't mention the source