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Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers
From: Rod Beck <rod.beck () unitedcablecompany com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:23:32 +0000
I guess that is one reason why Google built a huge data center in Finland. Access to very cool water. Not to mention good wholesale electricity rates. And yes, since the electricity is not converted into mechanical work, it must all end up as heat. Regards, Roderick. ________________________________ From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 6:10 PM To: merik () fiberhood nl <merik () fiberhood nl> Cc: Rod Beck <rod.beck () unitedcablecompany com>; nanog () nanog org <Nanog () nanog org> Subject: Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 8:32 AM merik () fiberhood nl <merik () fiberhood nl> wrote:
The full talk by Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain View: https://youtu.be/wY_js13AuRk?t=1343
Hi Merik, This aligns with what I'd expect. Essentially every watt of electricity in to the data center is a watt of heat that must be removed from the data center. Did you know some computer room air conditioners actually cool the air at fixed compression and then re-heat it with a resistive electric element to reach the desired cooling output? Insane! Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin bill () herrin us https://bill.herrin.us/
Current thread:
- Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Rod Beck (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Ethan O'Toole (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers merik () fiberhood nl (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers William Herrin (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Rod Beck (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers merik () fiberhood nl (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers William Herrin (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Thomas Bellman (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Damian Menscher via NANOG (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Eric Kuhnke (Dec 18)
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- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Rod Beck (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Ben Cannon (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Rod Beck (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Thomas Bellman (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Ben Cannon (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Rod Beck (Dec 18)
- Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers Thomas Bellman (Dec 18)