Comment on Is there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoNo, it’s not. It’s all empty space under the foundation. There’s nothing to create crushing force against the building.
poplargrove@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
4am@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
You are failing to account for the weight of the atmosphere on the foundation
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The atmosphere is just air. Air doesn’t have mass or weight, that’s why it floats.
4am@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Neither does the ground or the continents wouldn’t drift.
Subduction is just suboptimal duction. And what flows through ducts? Wind. Checkmate.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It can’t be checkmate if the wind has blown over all the pieces.