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> If the situation so requires, we would have to replace waste heat mainly with Russian natural gas and light fuel oil. Why wouldn't this just be using the ele
by ThrustVectoring 4y ago
> If the situation so requires, we would have to replace waste heat mainly with Russian natural gas and light fuel oil.
Why wouldn't this just be using the electricity freed up by not powering the data center? Thermodynamically, the data center is just a resistive load, so assuming the electrical distribution system can handle the load, it should be a drop-in replacement.
- namibj 4y agoThere are no resistive heaters feeding the district heating system, only burners.
- ukd1 4y agoThat also assumes the other (non data center) parts of the system could take that load. I'd guess it's unlikely to have been over-engineered by 40MW. Then they'd also have to have the resistive heaters, which is doubtful as they aren't needed normally.