Comments on: Why Google Needs its Own Nuclear Plant http://gigaom.com/2008/05/12/why-google-needs-its-own-nuclear-plant/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:24:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ac http://gigaom.com/2008/05/12/why-google-needs-its-own-nuclear-plant/#comment-924849 ac Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:33:57 +0000 http://refresh.gigaom.com/?p=6#comment-924849 Just a comment on power and energy: Power is measured in watts, and is literally the energy used per unit time. To say "..using 500 watts of energy an hour" is incorrect and meaningless. Energy can be measured in Joules, or it is more common to find it measured in kilowatt-hours, kWh. Just a comment on power and energy:

Power is measured in watts, and is literally the energy used per unit time. To say “..using 500 watts of energy an hour” is incorrect and meaningless.

Energy can be measured in Joules, or it is more common to find it measured in kilowatt-hours, kWh.

]]> By: Russia, The Final Frontier For Data Centers? - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/05/12/why-google-needs-its-own-nuclear-plant/#comment-924848 Russia, The Final Frontier For Data Centers? - GigaOM Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:52:08 +0000 http://refresh.gigaom.com/?p=6#comment-924848 [...] Power is seen as the biggest constraint when it comes to building data center capacity. As a way around this conundrum, large consumers of Internet data center capacity have located their facilities closer to energy sources. For instance, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have built data centers in Quincy in the state of Washington near a hydroelectric dam where they pay a lot less for power than, say, in Silicon Valley. (Related stories: The Geography of Internet Infrastructure and Why Google Needs Its Own Nuclear Plant) [...] [...] Power is seen as the biggest constraint when it comes to building data center capacity. As a way around this conundrum, large consumers of Internet data center capacity have located their facilities closer to energy sources. For instance, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have built data centers in Quincy in the state of Washington near a hydroelectric dam where they pay a lot less for power than, say, in Silicon Valley. (Related stories: The Geography of Internet Infrastructure and Why Google Needs Its Own Nuclear Plant) [...]

]]> By: access to energy http://gigaom.com/2008/05/12/why-google-needs-its-own-nuclear-plant/#comment-924847 access to energy Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:59:01 +0000 http://refresh.gigaom.com/?p=6#comment-924847 [...] and a lot of energy. 1,000,000 Machines using 500 watts of energy an hour = half a gigawatt an hour.http://refresh.gigaom.com/2008/05/12/why-google-needs-its-own-nuclear-plant/Access to Energy - Oregon Institute of Science and MedicineAccess to energy www accesstoenergy com [...] [...] and a lot of energy. 1,000,000 Machines using 500 watts of energy an hour = half a gigawatt an hour.http://refresh.gigaom.com/2008/05/12/why-google-needs-its-own-nuclear-plant/Access to Energy – Oregon Institute of Science and MedicineAccess to energy www accesstoenergy com [...]

]]> By: GigaNET Headlines: Weekend Edition - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/05/12/why-google-needs-its-own-nuclear-plant/#comment-924846 GigaNET Headlines: Weekend Edition - GigaOM Mon, 26 May 2008 21:55:09 +0000 http://refresh.gigaom.com/?p=6#comment-924846 [...] Surj Patel: Why Google Needs its own nuclear plant. [...] [...] Surj Patel: Why Google Needs its own nuclear plant. [...]

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