• Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    This can be resolved by building the data centers to cold countries like here in Finland. Servers are very good at converting electricity to heat, and the heat can be used to heat homes.

    Microsoft Azure data center in Espoo is going to heat up 60% of the city’s district heating network.

    Also the electricity here in Finland is one of the cleanest, like in all Nordics (hydro, wind, nuclear)

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      1 month ago

      The electricity would be better spent on heat pumps. Computers convert 100% of their electricity into heat. Heat pumps convert 200-400% of their electricity into heat.

      (I’m being lose with my wording for brevity’s sake)