▲ 561 ▼ Wyoming town to host AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined (apnews.com) submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] bigfondue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) More like a GW of heat... Thankfully I'm sure that will counteract whatever has caused it to be over 80 degrees on my way to work before 0700. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tja@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) Every square kilometer of land (0.38 Sq miles in freedom units) gets about a GW of heat from the sun (depending on latitude). I doubt one datacenter will contribute that much... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago I don't know, I've been in some hot places but massive cooling towers tend to radiate a bit more (now I know what I'm reading about today) and a data center without the ability to pump heat outside isn't going to make it a whole day before it's toast. Not necessarily disagreeing, just curious about how much heat is dispersed by the ones here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) More like a GW of heat... Thankfully I'm sure that will counteract whatever has caused it to be over 80 degrees on my way to work before 0700. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tja@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) Every square kilometer of land (0.38 Sq miles in freedom units) gets about a GW of heat from the sun (depending on latitude). I doubt one datacenter will contribute that much... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago I don't know, I've been in some hot places but massive cooling towers tend to radiate a bit more (now I know what I'm reading about today) and a data center without the ability to pump heat outside isn't going to make it a whole day before it's toast. Not necessarily disagreeing, just curious about how much heat is dispersed by the ones here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tja@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) Every square kilometer of land (0.38 Sq miles in freedom units) gets about a GW of heat from the sun (depending on latitude). I doubt one datacenter will contribute that much... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago I don't know, I've been in some hot places but massive cooling towers tend to radiate a bit more (now I know what I'm reading about today) and a data center without the ability to pump heat outside isn't going to make it a whole day before it's toast. Not necessarily disagreeing, just curious about how much heat is dispersed by the ones here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago I don't know, I've been in some hot places but massive cooling towers tend to radiate a bit more (now I know what I'm reading about today) and a data center without the ability to pump heat outside isn't going to make it a whole day before it's toast. Not necessarily disagreeing, just curious about how much heat is dispersed by the ones here. permalink fedilink source parent