How green and clean is Opera Mini?
There are a lot of you out there reading this on your phones right now. How do I know? Well, let's take a look at the mystical, magical crystal ball of worldwide Opera Mini browser usage, shall we?
Ooh...
Aaah...
Pretty cool, huh?
Especially when you consider that each point of light streaming out into the universe represents one of the 128 million people who use Opera Mini to pull up about 80 billion - yes, that's billion with a capital B - Web pages every month.
Now imagine this: If all Opera users stood on each other's shoulders, we would touch the moon!
With so many people using Opera around the world, our servers have to execute more than a million HTTP requests per second. But calling up Web pages is only part of their workload - remember that Opera Mini uses remote servers to process and compress Web page data by up to 90%. Sounds like a hot, sweaty job, right?
Fortunately for our servers, they get to hang out in a cool and comfortable environment (even cooler than Norway): Iceland. Want to see where they live? Let this nice man in a suit give you the full tour:
Not only does this keep our servers calm and sweat-free, it's also good for the environment. Opera Mini servers draw on about 60% renewable energy today, and we are looking to boost this number up to 80% in the (near) future.
Just one more reason to love Opera!
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About this article
| Published in | Choose Opera |
|---|---|
| Date | October 18, 2011 |
| Author | Anna Rohleder |
| Tags | iceland, servers, sustainable energy intitative, opera mini, remote data centers |
| Original | Internet Archive |
Aleksandrov FyodorTuesday, October 18, 2011 10:11:01 AM
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I want this screensaver!
KaitenTuesday, October 18, 2011 10:15:46 AM
Patrick O'ReillyTuesday, October 18, 2011 12:27:34 PM
Diego Schild SmithsTuesday, October 18, 2011 1:59:59 PM
Really nice.
Originally posted by Angolier:
Me too!
praetor87Tuesday, October 18, 2011 3:08:13 PM
Javier Alejandro Bastardo VillalobosTuesday, October 18, 2011 4:01:34 PM
d4rkn1ghtTuesday, October 18, 2011 4:33:56 PM
NimeshTuesday, October 18, 2011 5:41:49 PM
KarenTuesday, October 18, 2011 7:36:41 PM
DeyanTuesday, October 18, 2011 8:42:17 PM
Phillip Robert O'ConnerTuesday, October 18, 2011 8:42:33 PM
alexander.zabolotskyTuesday, October 18, 2011 8:49:03 PM
jmartinezTuesday, October 18, 2011 9:40:26 PM
opera mini client and opera server. I heared that opera mini is using encryption method
between them.
In korea, packets are inspected between routers, but it is not illegal. If I can avoid this, opera mini will be better.
Charles SchlossWednesday, October 19, 2011 4:39:33 AM
ChirpieWednesday, October 19, 2011 1:54:03 PM
Originally posted by jmartinez:
It's using encryption so it's impossible for anyone to spy on you. That's why I always use it when I'm on open wifi networks.honeymoonerWednesday, October 19, 2011 3:49:28 PM
TamilWednesday, October 19, 2011 4:48:02 PM
Originally posted by AnnaMetro:
suman kumar sahaWednesday, October 19, 2011 5:13:41 PM
mekodiehiWednesday, October 19, 2011 6:07:34 PM
Originally posted by tekonaza:
i want that screan i love ittJaygee1Thursday, October 20, 2011 2:22:46 AM
digitalblaqThursday, October 20, 2011 4:55:31 AM
JulianThursday, October 20, 2011 5:44:08 AM
Opera's enviroment care policy is one of the most important features for me, and one of the main reasons becuase I love it!
Shankar Narayanan SGSFriday, October 21, 2011 2:00:37 PM