Chapter 1
The physical footprint of the cloud
Chapter 2
The thirst of the internet
Chapter 3
Powering the digital beast
Chapter 4
Noise, land, and creative solutions
YOUR GOAL
Master of The controversy of data centers
Ch 1 · The physical footprint of the cloud
diego The Physical Cloud
You think it's in the sky (But it's on the ground, yeah!) / Running day and night (Hear the hummin' sound!)
diego Ireland has become Europe's premier data hub, sparking intense national debates over energy consumption and infrastructure capacity.
diego Northern Virginia houses the world's largest concentration of data centers, handling an estimated 70 percent of global internet traffic.
BETA
diego Build a fluffy factory to discover the heavy environmental cost of our digital cloud.
Fun Fact
Internet weight: If you weighed all the electrons in all the world's data centers, they would weigh about as much as a single strawberry.
Quiz
When Singapore lifted its data center moratorium in 2022, what did it require from new facilities?
Quiz
Which European country saw data centers consume 21 percent of its total electricity by 2024?
Quiz
What is the popular nickname given to Loudoun County, Virginia, due to its high concentration of data centers?
Quiz
What percentage of global internet traffic is estimated to flow through Northern Virginia's Data Center Alley?