With Greenpeace urging Facebook to ‘Unfriend’ Coal, social media is paying attention to energy use. This INFOGRAPHIC about energy use in data centers is quite interesting.
Data centers are massively energy intensive, comprising about 1.5% of the United State’s energy usage. While we use the internet more, this percentage will grow alongside unless we find new ways to become energy efficient.
Be sure to read more to see the full INFOGRAPHIC as the one below is abbreviated. (Thank you to Peer1 for the INFOGRAPHIC).
