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Microsoft, Google Battle Over Energy Efficiency

Posted by kdawson on from the anything-you-can-light-i-can-light-cheaper dept.

1sockchuck writes "Microsoft and Google have opened a new front in their battle for global domination: data center energy efficiency. Just weeks after Google published data on the extreme efficiency of its previously secret data centers, Microsoft says it has achieved similar results with shipping containers (despite Google's patent) packed with up to 2,500 servers. The geeky benchmark for the battle is Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), a green data-center metric advanced by The Green Grid. Microsoft says its containers tested at a PUE of 1.22, while Google reported an average PUE of 1.21 for its data centers, which apparently are also now using containers."

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  1. Re:Telling Microsoft that Google are battling? by Yacoby · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Using an and would mean that it would be more likely run over the end of my rss feed display, which would be annoying, therefore I am all for the lack of ands.

  2. Re:Telling Microsoft that Google are battling? by Ogive17 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    adding the word 'and' completely removes the dramatic pause needed... because it's a BATTLE.

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    "Action without philosophy is a lethal weapon; philosophy without action is worthless."
  3. Re:One word. by tylerni7 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think I just threw up a little.

  4. Re:Yep by IRGlover · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well, if it is a written rule it is either not in the British Book of Journalistic Style, or UK newspapers just ignore the rule (maybe they're not into the whole brevity thing!).

    I certainly used to find it odd when reading US news sources (by which I just mean the Onion, all other news outlets have too much bias - and I mean ALL, not just the US ones).