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<blockquote data-quote="2cvbloke" data-source="post: 879614" data-attributes="member: 199791"><p>"lots"... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /></p><p></p><p>You have to think of how many websites there are, be they basic home-made pages, right up to huge sites like youtube, facebook and ebay, then there's all the cloud server services, and gaming servers (such as Grand Theft Auto Online), and of course there's the governmental servers, so, there's lots of them out there spread throughout the world, too many to count (and some probably secret so cannot be counted), and they're increasing to compensate for the growing need for online storage, though in most cases the growth is more to do with replacing older servers with new hardware that can hold more data, but other cases it's adding onto existing networks, thus requiring more power to run... <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>But, it's one of them cases where if it's out of sight, it's out of mind, until the daily fail comes along and says something like google will cause the world to lose power or something...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2cvbloke, post: 879614, member: 199791"] "lots"... :-rofl2 You have to think of how many websites there are, be they basic home-made pages, right up to huge sites like youtube, facebook and ebay, then there's all the cloud server services, and gaming servers (such as Grand Theft Auto Online), and of course there's the governmental servers, so, there's lots of them out there spread throughout the world, too many to count (and some probably secret so cannot be counted), and they're increasing to compensate for the growing need for online storage, though in most cases the growth is more to do with replacing older servers with new hardware that can hold more data, but other cases it's adding onto existing networks, thus requiring more power to run... :) But, it's one of them cases where if it's out of sight, it's out of mind, until the daily fail comes along and says something like google will cause the world to lose power or something...:-rofl2 [/QUOTE]
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