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How Big Tech is swallowing the AI industry (www.theverge.com)
submitted 5 months ago by jeffw to c/technology
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[–] Badeendje 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No I mean if stuff like this was built in better locations the waste heat could be used by .. another company or to warm homes..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I understand what you’re saying, I just don’t think it’s easy to deliver such low density heat in a useful way. Large datacenters are located away from residential land because they can be unpleasant to live near, and while businesses could be close by, what industries can utilize a huge volume of ~100 degree air?

[–] Hardeehar 2 points 5 months ago

Heat is heat, "low density large volume" or whatever, they've successfully used it in cold climate locations to heat residential homes already.