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Re:Nvidia's 45°C cooling design cuts data center water use t... by arjie on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @07:40PM (#48666869)
Do you? I live at 4th and Brannan and there was one just off 3rd and Brannan in San Francisco. It was shut down when hosting.com sold it off but I didn't notice it while walking by then and I don't notice it while walking by now.

My GPUs at Hurricane Electric in Fremont are also completely unnoticeable outside the building. Inside, when I'm working at the cabinets it's obviously deafening. Outside you wouldn't even know. Realistically, the predominant sounds at my home are from the traffic on the Bay Bridge so it's nice when there's congestion because it's quiet.

Honestly, I wish there were more urban datacenters. It's getting quite annoying having to make a 1 hr trek to Fremont every time I want to rack a new server.

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Re:Nvidia's 45°C cooling design cuts data center water use t... by toast0 on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @08:35PM (#48667291)
> Honestly, I wish there were more urban datacenters.

There's a lot of them in high rise buildings... but they come with high rise rent.

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Re:Nvidia's 45°C cooling design cuts data center water use t... by arjie on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @10:17PM (#48668026)
Imagine if one of the amenities in a high-end residential building could be a cabinet haha! That would be amazing. Doesn't make economic sense, but I'd love it. Would love to explain that to my wife. "I know that one has the pool, but we can rack my servers in this one if we live there".
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Re:Nvidia's 45°C cooling design cuts data center water use t... by jrnichols on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @11:04PM (#48668311)
Something here about water usage, a small data center, and a swimming pool. Combining the three may either be awesome or tragic!

I like this idea. A small cage in an apartment complex would be a huge selling point.

Or even a La La Land on the corner, urban DC in the back. Winning across the board.

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Re:Nvidia's 45°C cooling design cuts data center water use t... by jmalicki on Thursday June 25, 2026 @02:55PM (#48677740)
> water usage, a small data center, and a swimming pool

Swimming pool? The cooling can be for a hot tub!

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