Comment on Google and Microsoft consume more power than some countries
chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 6 months ago
Google reported to have earned 305B in 2023. Finland had an estimate of 300B GDP, while consuming 79.8 TWh of electricity.
So, in comparison, Google is massively more efficient than Finland?
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
If your efficiency function is centered around revenue, then yeah, of course… No surprise that one of the world’s most successful for-profit companies generates more profit per watt-hour than a nation, which encompasses all sorts of non-revenue-generating activity like running hospitals and keeping street lights on.
tal@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Those will be counted towards GDP – that’s all economic activity.
chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 6 months ago
Lemmy is bad with money, economics and business, also anti corporate/work, so anything positive towards corporate tends to be slammed with ignorance. I try my best to just ignore those replies / votes and move on.
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
My comment isn’t anti-corporate or anti-work though…? It just isn’t that strange that Google is more efficient at generating revenue (as dollars-per-kWh) than Finland is.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I try to correct them if it’s easy enough. I probably won’t convince them, but maybe the next person will consider it and educate themselves.