Iced Raktajino@startrek.website to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-2il y a 7 moisIs there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up175arrow-down1message-squareIs there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?Iced Raktajino@startrek.website to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-2il y a 7 moismessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
Like, would a skyscraper-style datacenter be practical? Or is just a matter of big, flat buildings being cheaper?
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·il y a 7 moisNo, it’s not. It’s all empty space under the foundation. There’s nothing to create crushing force against the building.
minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·il y a 7 moisYou are failing to account for the weight of the atmosphere on the foundation
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·il y a 7 moisThe atmosphere is just air. Air doesn’t have mass or weight, that’s why it floats.
minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·il y a 7 moisNeither does the ground or the continents wouldn’t drift. Subduction is just suboptimal duction. And what flows through ducts? Wind. Checkmate.
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·il y a 7 moisIt can’t be checkmate if the wind has blown over all the pieces.
No, it’s not. It’s all empty space under the foundation. There’s nothing to create crushing force against the building.
You are failing to account for the weight of the atmosphere on the foundation
The atmosphere is just air. Air doesn’t have mass or weight, that’s why it floats.
Neither does the ground or the continents wouldn’t drift.
Subduction is just suboptimal duction. And what flows through ducts? Wind. Checkmate.
It can’t be checkmate if the wind has blown over all the pieces.