Google claims, servers power bill might exceed their initial cost

Google claims, servers power bill might exceed their initial cost Google engineers are claiming that the way servers are heading, soon it would become more expensive to run them than buying them. And this might become bad news for companies like Google, which relies highly on these web servers. Expert Luiz Andre Barroso said in a statement: “If performance per watt is to remain constant over the next few years, power costs could easily overtake hardware costs, possibly by a large margin.” He added: “The possibility of computer equipment power consumption spiraling out of control could have serious consequences for the overall affordability of computing, not to mention the overall health of the planet.” This is good news for companies developing and promoting low power consuming servers like Sun Microsystems. More:http://news.techwhack.com/2659/131202-google-claims-servers-power-bill-might-exceed-their-initial-cost/