Want an energy efficient datacenter? Build it underwater

Re:Want an energy efficient datacenter? Build it underwater by Cleisthenes on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @05:06PM (#13700505)

More or less than burning fossil fuels to keep the data center cool at non-polar latitudes?

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Re:Want an energy efficient datacenter? Build it underwater by NegativeLatency on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @05:09PM (#13700527)

Less than or equal to the same amount of energy would be dissipated, but it would be closer to the actual ice.

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Re:Want an energy efficient datacenter? Build it underwater by mehwoot on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @08:21PM (#13702041)

But global warming isnt caused by energy dissipation, its caused by the greenhouse effect.

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Re:Want an energy efficient datacenter? Build it underwater by titanomachy on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @10:13PM (#13702676)

I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted. Humans producing heat is not the problem; humans producing pollution is.

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Re:Want an energy efficient datacenter? Build it underwater by beaconstudios on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @05:12PM (#13700552)

it would contribute less co2 into the atmosphere, at the cost of physically and directly melting the ice. All-in-all it seems like a poor trade-off.

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