How Much Power Does the Internet Use

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How Much Power Does the Internet Use

Your data is not green and it's not efficient. It turns out that the "Internet" uses enormous amounts of power. According to Boing Boing:

"Data centers’ energy consumption is currently growing at a rate of 12% per year as the need for more data storage increases. If the Internet was rated as a country, it’s total energy consumption would be 5th in the world, just after Japan and above Russia".

And, it's not even green. Most data centers still use dirty power: coal and nuclear. Here is an infographic of this data (from psfk) that breaks down all of the major sites' usage.

Posted by Terra3.0 at 4/28/2011 2:52 AM

Categories: Green Energy, Renewable Energy, Social Media
Tags: internet green power social media Facebook ebay

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Daniela Axinte spent the last 20 years helping businesses around the world expand and build strong brands by using non-traditional marketing techniques. Daniela is a life-long student of human behavior in the context of global village. Her research focuses on how we build relationships and businesses in the context of global village and how the use of technology and social media changes the dynamics of our professional and personal lives. Daniela is the founder of and CEO of Terra3.0, a global sales, marketing, and business development group. She is a part-time lecturer at the University of Washington | Bothell in the Business Program and a certified Kauffman FastTrac® facilitator. To engage Terra3.0 or Daniela in a consulting or coaching assignment, take her seminars and workshops, or to have her speak to your organization, please send an email to SuccessatTerra30dotcom.

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