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In Switzerland infomaniak built a data center under apartments and DC heat is used for heating. There are some videos about it.
by kuon 8mo ago
In Switzerland infomaniak built a data center under apartments and DC heat is used for heating. There are some videos about it.
- 999900000999 8mo agoAmericans have trouble understanding something like that. We believe anything short of a 3bdrm house with a lawn and backyard is communism. I'd love to live in a dense city. My office within waking distance. A Cafe in my apartment building, etc.
- petesergeant 8mo ago> I'd love to live in a dense city. My office within waking distance. A Cafe in my apartment building, etc. Then move to one?
- extraduder_ire 8mo agoThe US has district heating systems. The country is very big and varied, as much as people like to paint it as homogenous.
- reaperducer 8mo agoAnd district cooling. When I lived on a chilling grid, my summer AC bill was around $80, while friends whose buildings weren't connected paid $200+.
- extraduder_ire 7mo agoAre they doing anything with that heat, or are those savings from the scale they're operating at?