SeaJtoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·6 months agocross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipHere’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputer(arstechnica.com)external-linkarrow-up1301arrow-down18message-square68fedilink
arrow-up1293arrow-down1external-linkHere’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputer(arstechnica.com)SeaJtoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·6 months agocross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipmessage-square68fedilink
minus-squaremoxEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down9·6 months agoedit-26 months agolinkfedilink 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-squareSeaJOPEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkPop up a solar farm and you are good to go, baby!
minus-squareCortEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkYeah just need 10Mw+ of solar and like 40mwh of batteries to power it 24/7
minus-squarehiggsbosonEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkSo just the 10 million dollar solar farm? easy peasy
minus-squareCortEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkPlus the batteries, unless you only want to run the thing while the sun is up
minus-squareBlueÆtherEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkYeah, 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