Foxconn’s buildings in Wisconsin are still empty, one year later

Re:Foxconn’s buildings in Wisconsin are still empty, one yea... by Taek on Sunday April 12, 2020 @07:28PM (#22851825)

They are -20C until you drop a bunch of heat into them. Air works well because it's a fluid. And even as a fluid it's completely ineffective at cooling a cpu. You need to pair that fluid with a heatsink that creates massive surface area and a powered fan that is blowing in a steady stream of cool air to replace the air that has heated up.

Even liquid cooling setups on earth eventually blow their heat into the atmosphere as the primary means of keeping the liquid cool.

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Re:Foxconn’s buildings in Wisconsin are still empty, one yea... by defterGoose on Sunday April 12, 2020 @11:57PM (#22853055)

Lots of types of rock have better thermal conductivity than water or air. The subsurface of the moon is vast and would dissipate the heat far too quickly for an appreciable temperature change.

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Re:Foxconn’s buildings in Wisconsin are still empty, one yea... by Paradigma11 on Monday April 13, 2020 @12:50AM (#22853269)

But the subsurface of the moon is somewhat less mobile than air or water in cooling systems.

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