haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year agoCritics Furious Microsoft Is Training AI by Sucking Up Water During Droughtfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI don't understand how a nuclear reactor could cool a datacenter. Could you explain?
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoCould supply power for better A/C? I admit that doesn't make sense, but then neither does it make sense to cool a data center with evaporative water cooling as if it were a hit-and-miss engine from the 1910's, so I dunno.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoCooling with evaporative cooling does make some sense since it works. It's absolutely not ideal though. It should totally be a closed water (or other fluid) loop and where possible build datacenters in cooler climates.
minus-squareV H@lemmy.stad.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoLatency limits datacenter placement a lot, but for batch jobs like AI training it's certainly an option.
I don't understand how a nuclear reactor could cool a datacenter. Could you explain?
Could supply power for better A/C?
I admit that doesn't make sense, but then neither does it make sense to cool a data center with evaporative water cooling as if it were a hit-and-miss engine from the 1910's, so I dunno.
Cooling with evaporative cooling does make some sense since it works. It's absolutely not ideal though.
It should totally be a closed water (or other fluid) loop and where possible build datacenters in cooler climates.
Latency limits datacenter placement a lot, but for batch jobs like AI training it's certainly an option.