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Data center noise at Great Oak community outside Manassas, Virginia. (streamable.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] -4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I understand this whole newfound hate is coming from the AI bubble, but a bunch of cool stuff is in those DCs as well - most lemmy instances included.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    The noise is created by cooling, and AI data centers require so much more cooling that it's hard to even compare them. The kind of server rack that would run something like Lemmy might draw 8-12kW of power. A new nVidia NVL72 rack for AI workloads, running the new B300 gpus, draws about 132-140kW. All that power ultimately has to be removed by cooling. You know how a regular laptop is basically silent, but a gaming laptop running something heavy will make quite a racket with its fan? It's like that, but scaled up to the size of Manhattan.

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