The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

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[-] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago

A single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes.

Then why isn't it used to heat 50,000 homes? Rethinking excess heat as extra heating kills the hyperscaling argument.

[-] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago

.... oh after reading on, it seems the data centers are too noisy and shouldn't be placed anywhere near our homes.

[-] Cybermatrix1@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago

Very interesting read. Time to make these sensory excursions open for public to understand the clouds physical existence.

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