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<blockquote data-quote="2cvbloke" data-source="post: 879680" data-attributes="member: 199791"><p>There's more to the internet than what we end-users get to see, as not just the main servers running the web, there'll be backups spread across the globe so if one site fails, there's another to take it's place, then you have all the equipment to channel the internet from server farms to home computers, thousands (if not millions) of miles of fibreoptic and copper wiring that connect to banks of networking racks that also need power, which heads for the telephone exchanges, and goes off to the green box on the street that seems to be whirring with fans or the mobile phone towers ontop of buildings and hills, all the way up to the modem and possibly wifi or wired router(s) you're connecting to the internet through... <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>So I'm sure they're taking into account all the associated electrical use of not just the servers, but also the delivery systems, but like I say, with more and more people getting into cloud storage use, there'll be an ever increasing need to store data somewhere, and that is on servers in server farms, which means they will get bigger and consume more energy, aswell as having to deal with the associated cooling systems as mentioned above... <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2cvbloke, post: 879680, member: 199791"] There's more to the internet than what we end-users get to see, as not just the main servers running the web, there'll be backups spread across the globe so if one site fails, there's another to take it's place, then you have all the equipment to channel the internet from server farms to home computers, thousands (if not millions) of miles of fibreoptic and copper wiring that connect to banks of networking racks that also need power, which heads for the telephone exchanges, and goes off to the green box on the street that seems to be whirring with fans or the mobile phone towers ontop of buildings and hills, all the way up to the modem and possibly wifi or wired router(s) you're connecting to the internet through... :) So I'm sure they're taking into account all the associated electrical use of not just the servers, but also the delivery systems, but like I say, with more and more people getting into cloud storage use, there'll be an ever increasing need to store data somewhere, and that is on servers in server farms, which means they will get bigger and consume more energy, aswell as having to deal with the associated cooling systems as mentioned above... :) [/QUOTE]
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