I guess that is one reason why Google built a huge data center in Finland. Access to very cool water. Not to mention good wholesale electricity rates. And yes, since the electricity is not converted into mechanical work, it must all end up as heat.
Regards, Roderick. ________________________________ From: William Herrin <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 6:10 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: Rod Beck <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Energy Efficiency - Data Centers On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 8:32 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > The full talk by Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain View: > https://youtu.be/wY_js13AuRk?t=1343 Hi Merik, This aligns with what I'd expect. Essentially every watt of electricity in to the data center is a watt of heat that must be removed from the data center. Did you know some computer room air conditioners actually cool the air at fixed compression and then re-heat it with a resistive electric element to reach the desired cooling output? Insane! Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin [email protected] https://bill.herrin.us/
