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  • If a) every server in world was connected to a single power source; b) there were no back ups or off grid servers (or any other loop holes); and c) I turned the power off and on again, could I theoretically erase all the information on the internet?

    As I suspect the answer is no, if I left it powered off for a year then turned it back on, would there be any issues (purely related to the information stored on the internet, not societal collapse)?

  • No, most of them would be fine.
    Pull the plug on your desktop pc and turn it on a year later - there would be a few failures but by and large Wikipedia, Amazon and azure would be still there.

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