Energy Efficiency - Data Centers

Thu Dec 19 00:58:37 UTC 2019

The laws of thermodynamics dictate that near 100% of the electricity
consumed by a piece of equipment (let's use a high powered 2RU size router
as an example) comes off as heat. Unless it's doing mechanical physical
work like lifting a load or spinning a fan. Some infinitesimal portion
leaves as photons down the fiber.

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 6:58 AM Rod Beck <rod.beck at unitedcablecompany.com>
wrote:

> Energy efficiency  is a hobby of mine and most of my properties embody
> Passive House Technology. This led me to wonder what is the inefficiency of
> these servers in data centers. Every time I am in a data center I am
> impressed by how much heat comes off these semiconductor chips. Looks to me
> may be 60% of the electricity ends up as heat.
>
> Regards,
>
> Roderick.
>
> Roderick Beck
> VP of Business Development
>
> United Cable Company
>
> www.unitedcablecompany.com
>
> New York City & Budapest
>
> rod.beck at unitedcablecompany.com
>
> 36-70-605-5144
>
>
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