[ale] Saving electricity with Linux

[Bob Toxen]

Datacenters may use as much as 9% of total U.S. electricity in six years.
Home computers use some too.

Since Linux uses roughly half the electricity as Windows, switching to Linux in the
data centers will save a lot of electricity.  Get the treehuggers to champion this.

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ACM TechNews; Friday, May 31, 2024
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NEWSBRIEFS
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Datacenters Could Use 9% of U.S. Electricity by 2030
Reuters (05/29/24) Laila Kearney

A new report from the Electric Power Research Institute found that
electricity consumption by datacenters could more than double to as
much as 9% of total electricity generated in the U.S. by the end of the
decade. The institute said the industry's estimated annual growth rate of
electricity use through 2030 ranges from 3.7% to 15%. The report called
for improved datacenter energy efficiency and a boost in grid investment
amid an increase in the use of generative AI.

https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=3Dz16l2snue3_2-3153e_0x241b6bx020838


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