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Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers
From: "merik () fiberhood nl" <merik () fiberhood nl>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 18:31:03 +0100
In our current project we deploy a distributed datacenter in peoples homes with 120 Gbps fiber. We connect the water cooling of the CPU and GPU directly into the heating of homes and offices. Power comes from $0,02 per kW solar and wind in the neighbourhood. The waste heat is not wasted, it is sold to the homes and offices. This saves up to 95% in energy at 30% the capex.
On 18 Dec 2019, at 18:10, William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote: 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=1343Hi 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)