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When buying a server its not only the capital cost of actually perchasing the item that has to be taken into account but a series of other criteria is calculated to see which server will have the best total cost of ownership outcome. A recent American report says that costs power to run them, and power to cool them is significant. Te report concludes that in 2005, the total power consumption of US servers was 0.6 percent of overall US electricity consumption. When cooling equipment is added, that number doubles to 1.2 percent—the same amount used by color televisions.