Facebook’s Insatiable Hunger for Hardware (they're running around 10,000 servers)

Re:Facebook’s Insatiable Hunger for Hardware (they're runnin... by dcurtis on Sunday April 27, 2008 @01:52AM (#174714)

I wonder how much electricity Facebook uses, in total, for all of these servers.

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Re:Facebook’s Insatiable Hunger for Hardware (they're runnin... by mdemare on Sunday April 27, 2008 @06:38AM (#174805)

Probably several megawatts. For comparison, the first Russian nuclear reactor, the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, produced 5MW.

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Re:Facebook’s Insatiable Hunger for Hardware (they're runnin... by hugh on Sunday April 27, 2008 @10:29AM (#174865)

I estimate about 2 MW.That's only the same power as two and a half Bugatti Veyrons. Or maybe a dozen mortal cars. Or the power of the sun hitting 2,000 square metres of the Earth's surface on a sunny day.

So, not all _that_ much, really.

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