Iced Raktajino@startrek.website to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-220 days agoIs there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?message-squaremessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareIs there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?Iced Raktajino@startrek.website to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-220 days agomessage-square34linkfedilinkfile-text
Like, would a skyscraper-style datacenter be practical? Or is just a matter of big, flat buildings being cheaper?
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-219 days agoSolution: construct the buildings upside down, so the foundations are up in the air and the roofs are underground. That way, the electricity will flow down instead of up.
Solution: construct the buildings upside down, so the foundations are up in the air and the roofs are underground. That way, the electricity will flow down instead of up.