Microsoft and Google's electricity consumption surpasses the power usage of over 100 countries
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Google and Microsoft consume more energy than some countries.
  • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    222·
    4 months ago

    There might be some double counting, but it doesn’t matter - this just illustrates the insane scale of these companies.

    • FishFace@lemmy.worldEnglish
      113·
      4 months ago

      Comparing huge multinational countries which serve every country to the half of countries with the smallest energy usage is not terribly illustrative.

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        4 months ago

        I think you meant comparing companies, guessing autocorrect got you.

        And I disagree, it’s useful, but more useful would be a chart of countries and multi-nationals, with the company usage removed from the country usage, to see it more clearly.

      • magic_lobster_party@kbin.run
        171·
        4 months ago

        Is all of this due to AI? I’m confident most of the energy is spent on other stuff, like data centers. Both Google and Microsoft are cloud providers.