Iced Raktajino@startrek.website to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?message-squaremessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square49linkfedilinkfile-text
Like, would a skyscraper-style datacenter be practical? Or is just a matter of big, flat buildings being cheaper?
minus-squarePrime@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoHeat is no issue of relevance for the question. The rising effect it negligible compared to what has to be transported anyway. I also can’t imagine racks being heavier than eg books in s library.
minus-squarephx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoHow many high-rise libraries do you see? Weight is absolutely a factor in data center design, as is airflow/heat
Heat is no issue of relevance for the question. The rising effect it negligible compared to what has to be transported anyway. I also can’t imagine racks being heavier than eg books in s library.
How many high-rise libraries do you see? Weight is absolutely a factor in data center design, as is airflow/heat