Energy Consumption of Servers
In 2010, servers were responsible for 2.5% of energy consumption in the United States. A further 2.5% of United States energy consumption was used by cooling systems required to cool the servers. In 2010 it was estimated that by 2020 servers would use more of the world's energy than air travel if current trends continued.
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