How Much Energy Does The Internet Use?
The internet uses a lot of energy! But people have come up with ways to make it more efficient. This episode was produced in collaboration with and sponsored by Emerson. http://www.emerson.com/ilov...
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So, the internet. It’s a pretty big deal. The human race generates a lot of data -- and these days, we’re all about storing it in the cloud. And even though we talk about the cloud as though it’s this weird space of non-being, all of that data that we send to it are actually sitting on very real, physical hard drives somewhere. And managing it takes a lot of energy. That’s where data centers come in. Data centers are huge, warehouse-like buildings that are filled with servers -- computers that are designed to store data so that they can be retrieved as quickly as possible. These servers hold the world’s information, from 2005’s stock market trends to those adorable pictures of your kids at the park last week. Each individual request, li...
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So, the internet. It’s a pretty big deal. The human race generates a lot of data -- and these days, we’re all about storing it in the cloud. And even though we talk about the cloud as though it’s this weird space of non-being, all of that data that we send to it are actually sitting on very real, physical hard drives somewhere. And managing it takes a lot of energy. That’s where data centers come in. Data centers are huge, warehouse-like buildings that are filled with servers -- computers that are designed to store data so that they can be retrieved as quickly as possible. These servers hold the world’s information, from 2005’s stock market trends to those adorable pictures of your kids at the park last week. Each individual request, li...
