Google Calls For Power Supply Design Changes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday September 26, 2006 @09:51AM from the reality-would-you-mind-shifting-a-bit-for-us dept.

Raindance writes "The New York Times reports that Google is calling 'for a shift from multivoltage power supplies to a single 12-volt standard. Although voltage conversion would still take place on the PC motherboard, the simpler design of the new power supply would make it easier to achieve higher overall efficiencies ... The Google white paper argues that the opportunity for power savings is immense — by deploying the new power supplies in 100 million desktop PC's running eight hours a day, it will be possible to save 40 billion kilowatt-hours over three years, or more than $5 billion at California's energy rates.' This may have something to do with the electricity bill for Google's estimated 450,000 servers."

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Yay! My parents have to pay less! by DaMouse404 · 2006-09-26 09:57 · Score: -1, Redundant

I welcome these new power supplies so my parents can care even less about the electricity bill and fund me trips to disney land!
-DaMouse
Go further by The+New+Stan+Price · 2006-09-26 10:30 · Score: -1, Redundant

Why not have a 12 VDC plug right beside your 120 VAC plug in your home. Many components have to downconvert / rectify the 120 VAC, losing energy to heat, etc.