On 22/08/2025 04:52, Jon Perryman wrote:
IBM makes innovative products and companies should be flocking to their products. Google has 2.5M servers with AI. They could replace them with 250,000 z17.
Google's global data center operation electrical power ranges between 500 and 681 megawatts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_data_centers A single z17 consumes 35 kW: https://hyperframeresearch.com/2025/04/11/unleashing-the-power-of-ibm-z17-a-technical-deep-dive-for-the-modern-enterprise/ so even if the z17's were cheaper to buy, Google's power requirement would jump to 8.75 GW, more than 12 times the current level. -- Martin Dr Martin Ward | Email: mar...@gkc.org.uk | http://www.gkc.org.uk G.K.Chesterton site: http://www.gkc.org.uk/gkc | Erdos number: 4
