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Re:Bitcoin's mining difficulty has increased by 41.9% over t... by amai on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @05:02AM (#10776802)
The fluid they use for cooling is either https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinert or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novec_1230.
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Re:Bitcoin's mining difficulty has increased by 41.9% over t... by noetic_techy on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @10:06AM (#10778100)
Are these systems totally self contained? Seems a bit unsafe to have fire retardant chemicals vaporizing constantly in a confined space. Has anyone given any thought to the health effects of these type of data centers?
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