SeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoHere’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputerarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down18cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zippcmasterrace@lemmit.online
arrow-up1293arrow-down1external-linkHere’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputerarstechnica.comSeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square68fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zippcmasterrace@lemmit.online
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down9·edit-28 months 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-up24·8 months agoPop up a solar farm and you are good to go, baby!
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoYeah just need 10Mw+ of solar and like 40mwh of batteries to power it 24/7
minus-squareHiggs boson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoSo just the 10 million dollar solar farm? easy peasy
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoPlus the batteries, unless you only want to run the thing while the sun is up
minus-squareBlueÆther@no.lastname.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months 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