WSJ: Big tech firms seeking power

Fri Jun 16 06:26:31 UTC 2006

On 6/14/06, Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:
>
> Since power consumption was a topic at the last NANOG meeting.
>
> subscription required, or buy a copy of the Wall Street Journal from
> a newstand
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115016534015978590.html
> Surge in Internet Use, Energy Costs
> Has Big Tech Firms Seeking Power
> By KEVIN J. DELANEY and REBECCA SMITH
> Wall Street Journal
> June 13, 2006; Page A1
>
> With both Internet services and power costs soaring, big technology
> companies are scouring the nation to secure enough of the cheap
> electricity that is vital to their growth.
>
> The search is being led by companies including Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc.
> and IAC/InterActiveCorp. Big Internet firms have been adding thousands of
> computer servers to data centers to handle heavy customer use of their
> services, including ambitious new offerings such as online video.
> [...]
>

And, just to be fair, Google gets their own bit of news on the power
front:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/13/business/search.php

I wonder just how much power it takes to cool 450,000 servers.

Matt