Comment on Is there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 7 hours agoSolution: 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.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 6 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.
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.
4am@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
You are failing to account for the weight of the atmosphere on the foundation
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
The atmosphere is just air. Air doesn’t have mass or weight, that’s why it floats.