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What a time to be alive (i.ibb.co)
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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Linus was ahead of the game on this one. Nvidia should start building data centers next to public pools. Cool the systems and warm the pools.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've seen a video of at least one spa that does that. They mine bitcoin on rigs immersed in mineral oil, with a heat exchanger to the spa's water system. I'm struggling to imagine that's enough heat, especially piped a distance through the building, to run several hot tubs, and I'm kind of dubious about that particular load, but hey.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    A large data centre can use over 100 MW at the high end. Certainly enough to power a swimming pool or three. In fact swimming pools are normally measured in kW not MW.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    "A large data centre" this wasn't. I saw a couple washing machine-sized vats of oil-soaked computers.

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