Environmental Baddies on Yik Yak | Instead of displacing and ruining neighborhoods, China builds their data centers in the ocean in the South China Sea where seawater can naturally cool it.

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Environmental Baddies 9w

Instead of displacing and ruining neighborhoods, China builds their data centers in the ocean in the South China Sea where seawater can naturally cool it.

Anonymous 8w

Ah yes. Let’s warm the oceans more. Definitely no problems with rising sea temperatures.

Anonymous 8w

Doesn’t salt water mess the equipment up?

Anonymous 8w

What about using refrigerants to cool? (Someone who works in ai says that this is a good option but it’s more expensive) anyone know if downsides?

Anonymous

#1 8w

It does, yes. Btw there’s other options for cooling than fresh water, they’re using the fresh water because it’s CHEAPER THAN OTHER LESS DAMAGING OPTIONS

Anonymous

#4 8w

Well, it’s expensive because it’s resource intensive

Anonymous

#4 8w

It’s thermodynamics, you have to get rid of the heat somehow. Even with refrigerants you have to vent the heat out into the air

Anonymous

OP 7w

which is exactly why people are complaining about the already rising temperate of our ocean, and the impact of using the ocean as one massive heatsink for various facilities like data centers.