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A bit OT, but since this article also mentions district heating: Are there any efforts to attach any of the recently built AI data centers (and their power plan
by xg15 11mo ago
A bit OT, but since this article also mentions district heating: Are there any efforts to attach any of the recently built AI data centers (and their power plants) to district heating networks?
- jimmaswell 11mo agoIf we all went full-in on nuclear we could use resistive heat and air cool datacenters all day with no concern for the cost. It's a shame.
- dzhiurgis 11mo agoWe couldn't since all the capacity would go to AI, not to your home heating.
- AndrewDucker 11mo agoExcept that nuclear power is extremely expensive.
- john61 11mo agoIn Vienna, a hospital is heated by a neighboring data center using a heat pump, while the hospital cools the data center. https://www.wienenergie.at/blog/fernwaerme-zukunft/#Abw%C3%A4rmenutzung https://www.wienenergie.at/blog/fernwaerme-zukunft/#Abw%C3%A...