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One search = low-energy light bulb in one hour

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“Google has stationed approximately a million computers worldwide to be able to process the 40 billion searches per month. One search request uses as much energy as a low-energy light bulb in one hour.” (25000 Joule/Hour = 7 Watt/Second)

Quote: Intermediair (article in Dutch). Image: Jeen Berting / Overburen

via http://www.nextnature.net/?p=2645

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Written by Luca

September 11th, 2008 at 11:23 am

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