The generator is not going to run unless there's an outage.
Re:OVH outage explained
by yourapostasy on Sunday November 12, 2017 @12:25PM
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I forgot to mention that you only need to set up for very small-scale production, almost maker-scale, so not a whole lot of land is required. With automation, any outage will create a steady trickle of usable goods. The DC's I work with run generators once a month to test (and generally, most engines don't like sitting still all the time). Certainly sufficient for use by nearby residents, so co-generation would benefit third parties if not the DC itself.
* Plasma arc garbage incineration. Not smelly if the input arrives in a ceramic sealed container.
* Glass cullet smelter producing glass foam insulation bricks. Turn excess power into additional DC modular insulation. My personal favorite, because this is a giant resistive load that directly supports the DC’s bottom line.
* Aluminum recycling smelter. Build additional heat sinks for increasing rack efficiency.
* Distilled water generation. Route it back through water chillers, cut down on mineral scaling damage over time.