I have a pretty good idea how much power that data center is using by looking at the evaporative cooling towers and calculating the number and size of fans. That is an obscene amount of energy in that picture. The energy that could be used by countless millions of homes right there.

@dianea
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Microsoft and Google keep the energy consumption of their Dutch data centers secret, despite European reporting obligations. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland, RVO) received blank forms or no data at all. The Dutch newspaper NRC reports that the government has no legal means to request the actual figures.