Iced Raktajino@startrek.website to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 个月前Is there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?message-squaremessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up176arrow-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-22 个月前message-square43linkfedilinkfile-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-up7·2 个月前No, 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-up8·2 个月前You are failing to account for the weight of the atmosphere on the foundation
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 个月前The atmosphere is just air. Air doesn’t have mass or weight, that’s why it floats.
minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 个月前Neither 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-up3·2 个月前It 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.