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Energy load of a datacenter vs. an urban metro.
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Scale Annual Impact Units
~# of homes in a North American Metro: — —
Average North American household electricity consumption1, 2, * — 10,791 kWh
Metro electricity load — 1,079.10 GWh
~# of servers in a datacenter: — —
Average power required by a datacenter server — watts
Average datacenter server electricity consumption* — 17,520 kWh
Datacenter electricity load — 175.20 GWh
Datacenter load vs. Metro load — 16.2% % metro
Datacenter load vs. # of homes — 16,236 —
Annual Electricity: Server vs. Home
Datacenter Load vs. Metro Load
* Note: There are 8,760 hours in a year.

Reference

  1. How much electricity does an American home use?
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    Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
  2. How Many Watts Does It Take to Run a House??
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