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> I wonder if servers could be located close to solar or even attached to individual panels. So that during times of excess you sell cheap computing resources.
by nordsieck 3y ago
> I wonder if servers could be located close to solar or even attached to individual panels. So that during times of excess you sell cheap computing resources. This could reduce demand on the electricity grid at peak times.
That doesn't really make a lot of sense. Servers are too expensive to keep off except in "times of excess".
That being said, it's a long established practice to co-locate data centers with cheap power.