• ikt@aussie.zone
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    2 days ago

    what about it?

    this has to be stupid tech story of the year

    wow they’re building a data centre in the uae call the police

    • dickalan@lemmy.world
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      You’re just some joker who wants to watch the world literally and figuratively burn, fuck off

      • ikt@aussie.zone
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        if the data centres are powered by renewables then there is no impact, go fuck yourself

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            12 hours ago

            And there’s the issue: you CAN cool them with renewables, but it’s cheaper to just use insane amounts of water.

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

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                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

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            12 hours 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🏆

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