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.b...@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.b...@unitedcablecompany.com > > 36-70-605-5144 > > > [image: 1467221477350_image005.png] >
