Claim: It is estimated that a single Google search could power a low-energy light bulb for an hour.
Fact-check: How energy intensive is a Google search? - Full Fact
Verdict: google's own estimate which is a decade old shows that the energy required to power a google search could power a low energy  light bulb for 108 seconds. each search will vary slightly and google searches may have become more efficient in the last decade.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2019-08-15T00:00:00