Google Calling For More Efficient Power Supplies?

[Case]

Here is a bit of an odd one for you. Google, of all companies, is calling for a more efficient power supply standard (http://news.com.com/Google+to+push+for+more+electrical+efficiency+in+P Cs/2100-1003_3-6119506.html?tag=nefd.top). Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea, I guess I just didn’t expect it to be a Google backed initiative. Then again, they have a server farm that is probably bigger than NASA’s, why shouldn’t it be them talking about efficient PSUs.

The Google plan calls for a shift from multivoltage power supplies to a single 12-volt standard. Although voltage conversion would still take place on the PC motherboard, the simpler design of the new power supply would make it easier to achieve higher.

[karenlyn]

lol... yeah. When you think about it it makes a lot of sense. I don't even want to think about the amount of power Google sucks up. A more efficient power supply standard would probably really cut costs for a company that uses that much power.