Comment on Is there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?

• actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Solution: instruct the buildings upside down, so the foundations are up in the air and the roofs are underground. That way, the electricity will flow down instead of up.

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  • FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    But then the roof has to support the entire weight of planet Earth on top of it, which is a much harder engineering challenge than pumping the electricity in the first place.

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    • actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No, it’s not. It’s all empty space under the foundation. There’s nothing to create crushing force against the building.

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      • 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You are failing to account for the weight of the atmosphere on the foundation

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