The laws of thermodynamics dictate that near 100% of the electricity consumed by a piece of equipment (let's use a high powered 2RU size router as an example) comes off as heat. Unless it's doing mechanical physical work like lifting a load or spinning a fan. Some infinitesimal portion leaves as photons down the fiber.



On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 6:58 AM Rod Beck <rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com> wrote:
Energy efficiency  is a hobby of mine and most of my properties embody Passive House Technology. This led me to wonder what is the inefficiency of these servers in data centers. Every time I am in a data center I am impressed by how much heat comes off these semiconductor chips. Looks to me may be 60% of the electricity ends up as heat.

Regards,

Roderick.

Roderick Beck

VP of Business Development

United Cable Company

www.unitedcablecompany.com

New York City & Budapest

rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com

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