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Disclaimer: I know nothing and this is an honest questions. I wonder if they intend to be able to use the tractor for power in situations where external power

• h2odragon 7y ago
  Doubtful. The generator appears to be hanging off the front of the trailer. It's probably not impossible to put a PTO generator on the truck too but it would show up as some lumpy gear on the truck between the cab and trailer, with ventilation. There would also need to be extra ventilation for the engine.
• nimbius 7y ago
  the solution is to outfit the truck with a custom rear diff with a power take-off. Such configurations exist and are expensive, generally governing the truck to 55mph or so after they are set up. You would also be running the engine, which burns through expensive EPA media like CO2, NOX, and sulfur scrubbers (which arent required if youre just running a generator.) if i had to guess, most of that 40 some kilowatts of power generated is going directly to HVAC. trailers are not insulated, so the heat from servers as well as the hot air from the X-Force sales team will need to be managed. Ideally you'd park this thing in an arena outfitted with 480 3 phase hookups. Put the generator into bypass, and just use it to condition power you get from the venue. Alternatively, flood a parking lot with fresh hot diesel fumes and hope hypoxia works its magic to convince people IBM is serious.