Visualized: ring around the world of data center power usage

Facebook may have recently boasted about how energy efficient its data centers are, but it is still Facebook, and that means it consumes plenty of power regardless -- more than anyone else, in fact, according to Peer1's recent survey of the world's most visited websites. As you can see above, that bit of data has also been conveniently visualized by the company in a colorful chart (with a noticeable lack of green), and there's plenty more details where that came from for you to dive into in the infographic linked below.Visualized: ring around the world of data center power usage originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink Boing Boing  |  Peer1  | Email this | Comments

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