Comment on Is there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?

• a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Because when it rains poof, no more magnets.

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• Triumph@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Because nobody knows how magnets work.

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  • actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Solution: instruct the buildings upside down, so the foundations are up in the air and the roofs are underground. That way, the electricity will flow down instead of up.

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    • FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      But then the roof has to support the entire weight of planet Earth on top of it, which is a much harder engineering challenge than pumping the electricity in the first place.

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      • actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        No, it’s not. It’s all empty space under the foundation. There’s nothing to create crushing force against the building.

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• jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Because the electricity pulls the magnets down in the same measure, so they meet in the middle. Newton’s 2nd law or something.

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