▲ 221 ▼ ‘We are screwed’: People near data centers dread heat wave pollution. (www.politico.com) submitted 4 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago (8 children) Maybe a self driving Tesla will smash into the data center permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (7 children) I don't think you understand how big these data centers are. They are the size of entire cities. A Tesla crash would have the effect of a single car crash in Manhattan. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago I hear there's thousands of Cybertrucks just sitting around. Seems like a good use for them. Besides, you just have to hit the important bits. Power, Network, Cooling. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago Better to hit the substation supplying it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago I think you may be underestimating the size of cities. Even San Francisco, famously small for a major city, is 15 times (at approx. 30k acres) the size of the physically largest data center in the US (Switch Reno Tahoe) at 2,000 acres. That's still just 1/7th the size of Manhattan. I won't argue that 2,000 acres isn't huge for a data center, but just trying to put numbers to the argument. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SouthEndSunset@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Someone needs to hack every Tesla and drive them into the nearest data centre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OffworldOsen@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago That's what AI is for, get working on it! permalink fedilink source parent [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 4 months ago If the battery cooks off inside the data center, it will do some damage. The amount of water that will be required to put it out will do even more damage. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 months ago How many teslas can we get to that location is the real question permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (7 children) I don't think you understand how big these data centers are. They are the size of entire cities. A Tesla crash would have the effect of a single car crash in Manhattan. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago I hear there's thousands of Cybertrucks just sitting around. Seems like a good use for them. Besides, you just have to hit the important bits. Power, Network, Cooling. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago Better to hit the substation supplying it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago I think you may be underestimating the size of cities. Even San Francisco, famously small for a major city, is 15 times (at approx. 30k acres) the size of the physically largest data center in the US (Switch Reno Tahoe) at 2,000 acres. That's still just 1/7th the size of Manhattan. I won't argue that 2,000 acres isn't huge for a data center, but just trying to put numbers to the argument. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SouthEndSunset@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Someone needs to hack every Tesla and drive them into the nearest data centre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OffworldOsen@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago That's what AI is for, get working on it! permalink fedilink source parent [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 4 months ago If the battery cooks off inside the data center, it will do some damage. The amount of water that will be required to put it out will do even more damage. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 months ago How many teslas can we get to that location is the real question permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago I hear there's thousands of Cybertrucks just sitting around. Seems like a good use for them. Besides, you just have to hit the important bits. Power, Network, Cooling. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago Better to hit the substation supplying it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago I think you may be underestimating the size of cities. Even San Francisco, famously small for a major city, is 15 times (at approx. 30k acres) the size of the physically largest data center in the US (Switch Reno Tahoe) at 2,000 acres. That's still just 1/7th the size of Manhattan. I won't argue that 2,000 acres isn't huge for a data center, but just trying to put numbers to the argument. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SouthEndSunset@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Someone needs to hack every Tesla and drive them into the nearest data centre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OffworldOsen@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago That's what AI is for, get working on it! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OffworldOsen@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago That's what AI is for, get working on it! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 4 months ago If the battery cooks off inside the data center, it will do some damage. The amount of water that will be required to put it out will do even more damage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 months ago How many teslas can we get to that location is the real question permalink fedilink source parent