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Green College Tech: Water-Cooled Supercomputer Doubles as Dorm Space Heater

Massive supercomputers use a lot of energy, but a new innovation by IBM could at least recycle some of the waste heat to help heat the universities where they are housed. The company also plans to use water to keep the supercomputers cool, which could lead to a reduction of overall energy consumption by at [...]

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The Internet Saves 10 Watts of Energy for Every Watt it Uses

Geeks are great. And a new study now shows that they’re are also green.
The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy did a study on computer usage and found that for every watt of energy used by the internet, 10 watts are saved elsewhere. EcoGeek has it:
They [The ACEEE] have put numbers to what I [...]

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