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Re:Microsoft's video accidentally reveals that they have onl... by riferguson on Friday August 15, 2008 @10:24AM (#276993)
It's not clear from the video, but the utility power number probably includes environmental stuff like cooling and lights. Just dividing one number by the other isn't going to give you the size of the power supply for each machine.
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Re:Microsoft's video accidentally reveals that they have onl... by LogicHoleFlaw on Friday August 15, 2008 @11:14AM (#277029)
Environmental control is one of the largest power sucks of a data center. It's part of why data center space is so expensive per square foot.
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