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Re:Yandex data center in Finland loses power due to contract... by FartyMcFarter on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @06:53AM (#31258785)
I think that's wrong. One liter of diesel contains about 10 kWh of energy [1], so you need 4000 liters at 100% efficiency to generate 40 MWh.

12k liters per hour for the datacenter sounds about right, after accounting for diesel engine efficiency.

[1] https://www.sustainabilityexchange.ac.uk/files/cambridge_reg...

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Re:Yandex data center in Finland loses power due to contract... by dredmorbius on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @07:23AM (#31258992)
Ramrodification caught my missing tonsoil -> barrels conversion.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31258490

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