• ikt
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      -151 month ago

      if the data centres are powered by renewables then there is no impact, go fuck yourself

      • @dickalan@lemmy.world
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        61 month ago

        Giant fucking if, and what about anybody anywhere says that they’re going to make the investment for renewables, they’re lying

          • @SpaceShort@feddit.uk
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            11 month ago

            I did not realize you could cool data centers with renewables. Is it done cooling water down a recycling it?

            • ikt
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              11 month ago

              most servers in the data centres use air cooling on the CPU/GPU/Drives etc, it blows cool air over the server which heats it up

              You then have the HVAC systems which cool down the whole data centre

              They are now moving towards a liquid cooled PC style of cooling where the cooling is built into the rack and doesn’t pull water from the mains

              https://datacentremagazine.com/articles/microsoft-unveils-zero-water-cooling-for-ai-data-centres

              There is a lot of attention being paid to make sure we don’t run out of water, but unfortunately that doesn’t generate anxiety clicks

        • ikt
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          01 month ago

          Wow! What?! No one involved, not the people building the data centres, the planning commissions, the approvals, the local and federal governments, it seems everyone involved completely forgot that except you, a guy who reads the guardian.

          here’s your imaginary trophy, smartest guy in the thread🏆