Comments on: Google-plex moves toward world domination http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/14/google-plex-moves-toward-world-domination/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Vanessa Williams http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/14/google-plex-moves-toward-world-domination/comment-page-1/#comment-14172 Vanessa Williams Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:01:46 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/14/google-plex-moves-toward-world-domination/#comment-14172 According to Jonathan Schwartz (Sun's new CEO): "talk to some web 2.0 startups, you'll hear many say their second biggest operating expense, after salaries, is electricity" http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan?entry=answer_to_the_roof_riddle Something has got to give, and Google's dreams of storing all the information in the world on their own servers is unrealistic (not to mention "gevil"). According to Jonathan Schwartz (Sun’s new CEO):

“talk to some web 2.0 startups, you’ll hear many say their second biggest operating expense, after salaries, is electricity”

http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan?entry=answer_to_the_roof_riddle

Something has got to give, and Google’s dreams of storing all the information in the world on their own servers is unrealistic (not to mention “gevil”).

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/14/google-plex-moves-toward-world-domination/comment-page-1/#comment-14054 Mathew Ingram Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:56:47 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/14/google-plex-moves-toward-world-domination/#comment-14054 A good point, Josh. I wonder if in the future, Google will favour areas that have cheap hydroelectricity -- like Quebec perhaps. A good point, Josh. I wonder if in the future, Google will favour areas that have cheap hydroelectricity — like Quebec perhaps.

]]> By: Josh http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/14/google-plex-moves-toward-world-domination/comment-page-1/#comment-14039 Josh Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:04:11 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/14/google-plex-moves-toward-world-domination/#comment-14039 Damn. I will never complain about my energy bill again. It's a good thing they aren't building those farms here in Ontario. Sounds like Google alone would be enough to put us in perpetual brownouts. Seriously though, I wonder how much longer this type of growth will continue. They could be at 5 million servers by the end of the decade. Damn. I will never complain about my energy bill again. It’s a good thing they aren’t building those farms here in Ontario. Sounds like Google alone would be enough to put us in perpetual brownouts.

Seriously though, I wonder how much longer this type of growth will continue. They could be at 5 million servers by the end of the decade.

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/14/google-plex-moves-toward-world-domination/comment-page-1/#comment-14014 Mathew Ingram Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:35:35 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/14/google-plex-moves-toward-world-domination/#comment-14014 Thanks, edeguy -- already fixed. I guess I was just a little too eager to make that joke about "The Dullest" :-) Thanks, edeguy — already fixed. I guess I was just a little too eager to make that joke about “The Dullest” :-)

]]> By: thatedeguy http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/14/google-plex-moves-toward-world-domination/comment-page-1/#comment-14010 thatedeguy Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:44:06 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/14/google-plex-moves-toward-world-domination/#comment-14010 Matt, it's Dalles, not Dulles. Matt, it’s Dalles, not Dulles.

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