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>To save on cooling costs, some tech companies have increasingly looked to place their data centers in colder climates; When will the Antarctic data centers op
by Trouble_007 4y ago
>To save on cooling costs, some tech companies have increasingly looked to place their data centers in colder climates;
When will the Antarctic data centers open?
- dredmorbius 4y agoConnectivity is one key issue. That's closer to being addressed: <https://southatlanticnews.com/2022/08/07/first-ever-submarine-internet-cable-for-antarctica/ https://southatlanticnews.com/2022/08/07/first-ever-submarin...> <https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/23/22765471/antarctica-internet-mcmurdo-station-research https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/23/22765471/antarctica-inte...>
- Trouble_007 4y agoGiven the Antarctic is fairly geo-politically stable, I can see all the benefits of a combined data-centre/research-station site.
- dredmorbius 4y agoPragmatically, ambient temperature is only one factor. Sweden is close to a large fraction of the Internet-using population of highest interest to advertisers (like it or not, and I don't, the most salient interest faction driving present siting and architectural considerations). Antarctica somewhat less so, and 600+ ms latency matters.
- fomine3 4y agoHigh latency could be acceptable for long running task like deep learning training. Still maintenance cost for far remote site would be a blocker. I wonder wind power generation stable enough http://www.antarcticstation.org/station/renewable_energies http://www.antarcticstation.org/station/renewable_energies
- Trouble_007 4y agoLarge scale power production would be an interesting problem to solve, I would expect wind, solar and perhaps wave, geothermal.
- Trouble_007 4y ago>Sweden is close to a large fraction of the Internet-using population True, and currently close to unrest.
- dredmorbius 4y agoThose characteristics are rather correlated.