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Re:Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cance... by Symmetry on Monday April 17, 2017 @04:15PM (#14134031)
Yes, you're correct and I probably should have mentioned that.
Re:Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cance... by jacquesm on Monday April 17, 2017 @05:26PM (#14134551)
I don't think it will matter much though. Whether you have to remove input power as heat or expend power to cool likely won't make a whole lot of difference. Just that the delta-t will be a lot larger and so it may actually cost more to keep that ultra-cool machine ultra-cool.

Maybe future data-centers will be used to pre-heat the water that goes into the turbines that power the electricity plant, in some kind of perverse version of a perpetuum mobile.

You'd need to make up for the difference lost on each cycle with extra fuel.

Re:Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cance... by Symmetry on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:21PM (#14135289)
Or we could put future datacenters in space behind sunshades and get them really cold by default.
Re:Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cance... by rocqua on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @03:06PM (#14141873)
You need really big radiators for that. In space, waste heat is a huge problem.
Re:Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cance... by jacquesm on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:24PM (#14135307)
Bandwidth might leave something to be desired.