Saturday, 10 September 2011

Research. stats.

Found in an article online talking about the usage of internet.

"As internet use grows, the power used to run computer servers is concerning US and European1 policymakers. A recent survey estimates that electricity consumption by data centers, which house servers, doubled between 2000 and 2005. They accounted for 1 per cent of global electricity usage in 2005. Western European consumption accounted for a quarter of this figure and was growing slightly faster than the global average."

Link:

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/136na1.pdf

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