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> Yes, but better that, in a shared environment with center-wide cooling and such, then each individual household needing to do that on their own. I don't thin
by Chaosvex 3y ago
> Yes, but better that, in a shared environment with center-wide cooling and such, then each individual household needing to do that on their own.
I don't think this actually tracks, unless the heat is actually being put to use. You don't need HVACs when you have the machines distributed.
- solardev 3y agoWhy don't you need distributed HVAC? A gaming desktop can use a kilowatt of power, which is what a small space heater might put out. It often will make the room uncomfortably hot. (Anecdotally, this is part of why I switched to Geforce Now, myself. My apartment got incredibly uncomfortable from the heat. It's an older unit with no air conditioning.) In data centers, sometimes (not always, and perhaps not often?) the heat can be more efficiently handled through central heat exchangers, more efficient commercial HVACs, etc.
- Chaosvex 3y agoThe vast majority of machines are not using a kilowatt and the vast majority of users are not running anything to deal with the heat. You're an outlier here.