[Foundation-l] Wikimedia and Environment

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

Teofilo wrote:
>
> Do we have an idea of the energy consumption related to the online
> access to a Wikipedia article ? Some people say that a few minutes
> long search on a search engine costs as much energy as boiling water
> for a cup of tea : is that story true in the case of Wikipedia (4) ?
>
> How about moving the servers (5) from Florida to a cold country
> (Alaska, Canada, Finland, Russia) so that they can be used to heat
> offices or homes ? It might not be unrealistic as one may read such
> things as "the solution was to provide nearby homes with our waste
> heat" (6).
>   
Heh. That brings some old memories right front to center.

I used to be a hang-around member of this hacker collective
here in Finland. (Intsu -> The Hole -> Cute - as its designation
evolved)

While in The Hole phase, we had a rented basement space,
and turned down all the heating in the space, after receiving
a donated old mainframe. I think you can guess why.


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen