03 May 2012

Google Hardware Revisited

Posted in Google, Humor By admin On May 3, 2012

google 1999

This is everything it took to run Google when it launched in 1999.

Here is the current “googleplex”

via solarpanelmagazine:</p><br /> <p>GooglePlex Solar Panels - Aerial View<br /><br /> All those hardware must use a lot of electricity (indeed, Googleville data center is calculated to require about 103 megawatts of electricity – enough to power 82,000 homes or a city the size of Tacoma, Washington), but just how much energy do you use when you perform a Google search?<br /><br /> Google calculated that it uses about 1 kJ (0.0003 kWh) of energy to answer the average search query. It’s so efficient that your PC will likely use more energy in the time it takes to do a Google search.<br /><br /> To offset its electricity consumption, Google even installed 1.6MW solar panels on the rooftops of the Googleplex. A total of 9,212 solar panels generate 4,475 kWh daily, the equivalent of about the amount of electricity used by 1,000 California homes.<br /><br /> (courtesy neat facts about google)<br /><br />

 

 

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