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Comment by xnx

1 year ago

Oh, wow. I didn't know it was that bad. Google advertises a PUE of 1.1: https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/efficiency/

Just to clarify, PUE of 1.1 means 10% power waste not spent on computing. However, Google datacenters are extremely efficient, and they design everything end-to-end for efficiency. A normal datacenter with less efficient cooling, less efficient power delivery, less efficient buildings, etc. easily adds up to a lot more wasted power.