SeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHere’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputerarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1301cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zippcmasterrace@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1301external-linkHere’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputerarstechnica.comSeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square68fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zippcmasterrace@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·edit-21 month ago Power consumption: 1.7 MW I hope it stays decommissioned. We’re burning up the planet too fast already, and old computers tend to be far less efficient than modern ones.
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoPop up a solar farm and you are good to go, baby!
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoYeah just need 10Mw+ of solar and like 40mwh of batteries to power it 24/7
minus-squarehiggsboson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSo just the 10 million dollar solar farm? easy peasy
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoPlus the batteries, unless you only want to run the thing while the sun is up
minus-squareBlueÆther@no.lastname.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYeah, I saw the 4Mil BTU on another page, that’s a lot of heat output
I hope it stays decommissioned. We’re burning up the planet too fast already, and old computers tend to be far less efficient than modern ones.
Pop up a solar farm and you are good to go, baby!
Yeah just need 10Mw+ of solar and like 40mwh of batteries to power it 24/7
So just the 10 million dollar solar farm? easy peasy
Plus the batteries, unless you only want to run the thing while the sun is up
Yeah, I saw the 4Mil BTU on another page, that’s a lot of heat output