Microsoft has 148,357 servers & 15 Datacenters that gobble up loads of energy. Well, Google has a different eco-friendly story to tell regarding energy consumption of their datacenters and servers.
“… the energy used per Google search is minimal. In the time it takes to do a Google search, your own personal computer will use more energy than we will use to answer your query.” Yeah, believe it and here is more.
Official Google Blog http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/saving-electricity-one-data-center-at.html explains steps taken by Google to save electricity and total energy consumption by their servers and datacenters. Following graph show their achievement by comparing Google and Non-Google datacenters.
Still not convinced? Google has special website http://www.google.com/corporate/datacenters/ explaining in detail 5-step approach to efficiency. So, next time you want save energy - use Google Search, are we doing anything different these day?
Google Rules!!!
“… the energy used per Google search is minimal. In the time it takes to do a Google search, your own personal computer will use more energy than we will use to answer your query.” Yeah, believe it and here is more.
Official Google Blog http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/saving-electricity-one-data-center-at.html explains steps taken by Google to save electricity and total energy consumption by their servers and datacenters. Following graph show their achievement by comparing Google and Non-Google datacenters.
Still not convinced? Google has special website http://www.google.com/corporate/datacenters/ explaining in detail 5-step approach to efficiency. So, next time you want save energy - use Google Search, are we doing anything different these day?
Google Rules!!!