In August 2017, in R v Orlandis - Hansburgo (2017 ONCA 649), the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) held that a reasonable expectation of privacy exists in energy consumption data capable of supporting inferences of activities taking place in a residence. (dww.com)
These preliminary estimates have been made by the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) on the basis of energy consumption data for 2008 to 2010 recently published by BP. (pbl.nl)
And as the Times points out, it is nearly impossible to compare how much renewable energy Google will use to other industries, since energy consumption data is hard to come by. (entrepreneur.com)