BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 13:23:00
14% of the countrys electricity. if the rise in data centres goes unchecked, then by 2030, 30% of all of irelands power will go into the cloud. its disputed by the industry, but as a rough comparison, research suggests a fiveโminute internet search uses around as much energy as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea. somewhere, theres a machine that is doing all the analysis of the data and all the indexing, which allows the search to be then done rapidly. theres machinery under the surface doing t...
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