Actually, I think it is a good idea. Microsoft did the fully submerged server experiment, and it works okay. This looks similar and easier to maintain than the Microsoft project.
camogamere on
OK hear me out: salt water is maybe not a great coolant.
Whatever801 on
I like the parking lot level of solar panels 😂
ts_m4 on
Ocean warming speed run, warming the atmosphere isn’t working fast enough
TheProfessional9 on
Isn’t this actually a thing that China is starting production on?
martiniv on
There does exist bodies of water that do not have salt. They are called lakes.
overratedcupcake on
The Avogadro Corp novel is getting more relevant every day.
QanAhole on
Seawater is already used to cool data centers. The problem’s actually the global warming from it
TheRealTinfoil666 on
Data centres require incredible amounts of electricity to operate.
All that heat that they need to shed: electrical consumption by the server equipment, including a lot of fans.
Those solar panels on the roof would supply only a tiny portion of that data centres needs.
madmariner7 on
There isn’t a chance in hell that that many solar panels would power a data center.
SomeDumbMentat on
This is dumb. Orbital data centers are where it’s at.
FozzieB525 on
The idea for the purpose of cooling is fair. Enough other people already discussed the practical problems. Ironically, I know some engineers who seem to get most excited when discussing outlandish ideas like this and how they could make them work.
I don’t think we should shit on everyone for trying to be creative with solutions. The reality of the scientific process kills enough ideas with full support behind them. It doesn’t need help snuffing out dreams.
Data management aside, we’ve got some serious fucking problems stacked up. And it’s probably going to take some serious lateral thinking to solve them.
myusrnameisthis on
Can they just build their space bases on Mars already. They can set up their ai wonderworld over there. Leave us the natural world.
What if it used wave turbines that generate electricity instead of solar panels?
RaelaltRael on
I do like that it resembles a video card.
CN_Tiefling on
3g. =,= = rddez,rx really e
LegoNoah123 on
Oops, sorry, there was a wave and we didn’t bother to properly seal the windows, the entire first floor of servers has been destroyed
Infamous-Record-2556 on
I’d get there with my fleshlight jet ski
techtony_50 on
I am old enough to remember when someone first suggested a water-cooled CPU. We all laughed and thought how stupid it would be to introduce WATER inside a computer. W e were like, that will NEVER work.
Fast forward to today – water cooled CPUs in gaming systems are mainstream and no one thinks twice about it LOL
Silica_123 on
Heres to hoping chat gpt pours billions of dollars into doing something like this only for it to fail miserably (obviously) and them go bankrupt
NotAPersonl0 on
how tf are they gonna power it?
EchoAquarium on
They’re already doing this in Japan, except they’re underwater
IgnoranceComplex on
Wow. All of you coming up with all of these reasons to not do this have _obviously_ never worked at a startup. You need to move fast. Deal with all these “issues” later, when they become real problems. /s
I do like how this is labeled start up idea… like you’d only need couple hundred million in capital for this startup idea right? 😂
Mammoth_Parsley_9640 on
I’ll get to this project next. I’m still finalizing my solar panel kite
Nothing but solar panels! That’s fucking hilarious
RomanaNoble on
How would something like this even work?
fezwang on
lol is it also an Applebees?
StelarFoil71 on
While unintuitive, there are water resilient computer equipment that allows for really good and reliable cooling for data centers.
WormSnake on
How about an orbiting data center that orbits the Earth and uses the temperature of space to keep things cool?
MrHeffo42 on
Umm, bro. They have underwater Data Centres. Microsoft do it, Google does it.
This is NOT a dumb idea. It resolves one of the largest problems you have with DCs. What to do with the waste heat.
SnicktDGoblin on
No this idea is sound. This makes the process of destroying these monuments to mans hubris easier as a moderate storm might sink the thing.
DrgnMechanic on
Oh good god please dont make iterators
MaxAdolphus on
You can totally do it. It would just be very expensive. All the cooling you need, but everything touching seawater would need to be titanium and have a cleaning system.
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How so?
Actually, I think it is a good idea. Microsoft did the fully submerged server experiment, and it works okay. This looks similar and easier to maintain than the Microsoft project.
OK hear me out: salt water is maybe not a great coolant.
I like the parking lot level of solar panels 😂
Ocean warming speed run, warming the atmosphere isn’t working fast enough
Isn’t this actually a thing that China is starting production on?
There does exist bodies of water that do not have salt. They are called lakes.
The Avogadro Corp novel is getting more relevant every day.
Seawater is already used to cool data centers. The problem’s actually the global warming from it
Data centres require incredible amounts of electricity to operate.
All that heat that they need to shed: electrical consumption by the server equipment, including a lot of fans.
Those solar panels on the roof would supply only a tiny portion of that data centres needs.
There isn’t a chance in hell that that many solar panels would power a data center.
This is dumb. Orbital data centers are where it’s at.
The idea for the purpose of cooling is fair. Enough other people already discussed the practical problems. Ironically, I know some engineers who seem to get most excited when discussing outlandish ideas like this and how they could make them work.
I don’t think we should shit on everyone for trying to be creative with solutions. The reality of the scientific process kills enough ideas with full support behind them. It doesn’t need help snuffing out dreams.
Data management aside, we’ve got some serious fucking problems stacked up. And it’s probably going to take some serious lateral thinking to solve them.
Can they just build their space bases on Mars already. They can set up their ai wonderworld over there. Leave us the natural world.
Sealand was doing that 25 years ago
So, yeah…. https://brightlio.com/underwater-data-centers/
Data centers in space!
“Microsoft finds underwater datacenters are reliable, practical and use energy sustainably”
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/sustainability/project-natick-underwater-datacenter/
What if it used wave turbines that generate electricity instead of solar panels?
I do like that it resembles a video card.
3g. =,= = rddez,rx really e
Oops, sorry, there was a wave and we didn’t bother to properly seal the windows, the entire first floor of servers has been destroyed
I’d get there with my fleshlight jet ski
I am old enough to remember when someone first suggested a water-cooled CPU. We all laughed and thought how stupid it would be to introduce WATER inside a computer. W e were like, that will NEVER work.
Fast forward to today – water cooled CPUs in gaming systems are mainstream and no one thinks twice about it LOL
Heres to hoping chat gpt pours billions of dollars into doing something like this only for it to fail miserably (obviously) and them go bankrupt
how tf are they gonna power it?
They’re already doing this in Japan, except they’re underwater
Wow. All of you coming up with all of these reasons to not do this have _obviously_ never worked at a startup. You need to move fast. Deal with all these “issues” later, when they become real problems. /s
I do like how this is labeled start up idea… like you’d only need couple hundred million in capital for this startup idea right? 😂
I’ll get to this project next. I’m still finalizing my solar panel kite
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/sustainability/project-natick-underwater-datacenter/
Nothing but solar panels! That’s fucking hilarious
How would something like this even work?
lol is it also an Applebees?
While unintuitive, there are water resilient computer equipment that allows for really good and reliable cooling for data centers.
How about an orbiting data center that orbits the Earth and uses the temperature of space to keep things cool?
Umm, bro. They have underwater Data Centres. Microsoft do it, Google does it.
This is NOT a dumb idea. It resolves one of the largest problems you have with DCs. What to do with the waste heat.
No this idea is sound. This makes the process of destroying these monuments to mans hubris easier as a moderate storm might sink the thing.
Oh good god please dont make iterators
You can totally do it. It would just be very expensive. All the cooling you need, but everything touching seawater would need to be titanium and have a cleaning system.