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Facebook to use more energy than France,Germany,Canada,Brazil combined ?!?!?!?

  • 01-09-2010 8:39pm
    #1
    Sandwlch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭


    "Facebook will not say how much electricity it uses to stream video, store information and connect its 500m users but industry estimates suggest that at their present rate of growth all the data centres and telecommunication networks in the world will consume about 1,963bn kilowatt hours of electricity by 2020. That is more than triple their current consumption and more electricity than is used by France, Germany, Canada and Brazil combined."


    http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/01/facebook-renewable-energy-coal

    Anyone else find the above beyond belief ?


Comments

  • #2
    mikhail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,862 ✭✭✭mikhail


    Yes. To the extent that I don't believe it.


  • #3
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    c0ck.


  • #4
    chris85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,502 ✭✭✭chris85


    i dont believe it either and also they are based the predition on its usage in 10 years based on current growth. thats pointless. Facebook could be non existent in 10 years. Remember bebo, nothing happening anymore and five years ago was massive growth there.


  • #5
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Dont see how this is engineering related.

    Moved to blogs/wikis/social networks


  • #6
    lg123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭lg123


    that quote dosnt really make sence but either way it sounds like 5h1T


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  • #7
    Sandwlch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭Sandwlch


    godtabh wrote: »
    Dont see how this is engineering related.

    Moved to blogs/wikis/social networks

    I though an electrical engineer would be more likely to know something about the enourmous kilowatt hours of electricity quoted and explain if it is at all possible that IT server equipment worldwide could consume the equivalent power of one nation, let alone the sum of several of the biggest. Or at least more likely to than a typical blogger/socialnetwork specialist.


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