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The world is also increasingly deploying
Internet to drive businesses and interact with
consumers. There is a lot of R&D that is
required to generate solutions to enhancing
efficiency of networks and also using servers
to manage these transactions more effectively.
On one hand, people have deployed Internet
for productivity and connectivity, on the other
hand, there needs to be a clear understanding
of what it takes for Internet to function.
According to data shared by Economic Times
(2013, data centers consume energy equivalent
to 30 nuclear power plants output. This would
be equivalent to energy consumption of
Russia. There are 3 million data centers
worldwide. European data centers would
consume 100 TWH of electricity by 2015. In
2012, there are 2.4 billion people who use
Internet. Power consumed by data centers of
Facebook is about 60 million watts while as
Google data centers consume 300 million
watts of power. 90% of electricity is wasted by
data centers as online companies typically run
their facilities at max capacity 24´7. Servers in
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