lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ieexternal-linkmessage-square189linkfedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down15
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ielemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square189linkfedilink
minus-squareRegrettable_incident@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoShame you can’t do some sort of thermoelectric power generation thingie with all the heat from these data centres.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoYou can’t turn pure heat into useful energy. Thermoelectric generators tap into the transfer of heat between a hot reservoir and a cold reservoir.
Shame you can’t do some sort of thermoelectric power generation thingie with all the heat from these data centres.
You can’t turn pure heat into useful energy. Thermoelectric generators tap into the transfer of heat between a hot reservoir and a cold reservoir.