LTT at OVH

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DataIdeas-Josh

Hahaha ... I was just about to post this.

Saahib

This post made me look again into shadow.

WebProject

Very quiet DC compare to some London based DCs

ericls

Wow, that cooling solution is really cool. I wonder if it cuts cost compared to air cooled ones.

Look at that density too!

Neoon

14h Gen Backup, we be fucked if they get daily cuts.

hollowvi1

@ericls said:
Wow, that cooling solution is really cool. I wonder if it cuts cost compared to air cooled ones.

Look at that density too!

yeah it is cheaper actually to water cool but the problem is it sucks too much water. example datacenters in the USA taking too much water. Air cooling is expensive but at least it isn't sucking lakes dry.

commercial

@hollowvi1 said:
yeah it is cheaper actually to water cool but the problem is it sucks too much water. example datacenters in the USA taking too much water. Air cooling is expensive but at least it isn't sucking lakes dry.

A heat exchanger only heats water, it does not "consume" water, it can be reused ... To heat a building, a swimming pool for example...

hollowvi1

@commercial said:

@hollowvi1 said:
yeah it is cheaper actually to water cool but the problem is it sucks too much water. example datacenters in the USA taking too much water. Air cooling is expensive but at least it isn't sucking lakes dry.

A heat exchanger only heats water, it does not "consume" water, it can be reused ... To heat a building, a swimming pool for example...

Well yes this is correct but some water cooling datacenters without a doubt are training lakes and our water in the US. And this is a fact.

hollowvi1

@commercial said:

@hollowvi1 said:
yeah it is cheaper actually to water cool but the problem is it sucks too much water. example datacenters in the USA taking too much water. Air cooling is expensive but at least it isn't sucking lakes dry.

A heat exchanger only heats water, it does not "consume" water, it can be reused ... To heat a building, a swimming pool for example...

Even when for example a swimming pool may hold water it will always use a little amount more if it needs to fill it up. And this adds up especially for datacenters

commercial

On this liquid cooling model, I remember a fun startup project. Radiators that mined bitcoin when the heater was on

MrRadic

@hollowvi1 said:

@commercial said:

@hollowvi1 said:
yeah it is cheaper actually to water cool but the problem is it sucks too much water. example datacenters in the USA taking too much water. Air cooling is expensive but at least it isn't sucking lakes dry.

A heat exchanger only heats water, it does not "consume" water, it can be reused ... To heat a building, a swimming pool for example...

Well yes this is correct but some water cooling datacenters without a doubt are training lakes and our water in the US. And this is a fact.

It depends on whether it's a closed loop or not. And this is no different than air cooling, there are CRACs that use water loops (more efficient vs air heat exchange).

hollowvi1

Yes but its most noticeable with water cooling draining the lakes more than the air cooling ones.

bdl

@commercial said:

@hollowvi1 said:
yeah it is cheaper actually to water cool but the problem is it sucks too much water. example datacenters in the USA taking too much water. Air cooling is expensive but at least it isn't sucking lakes dry.

A heat exchanger only heats water, it does not "consume" water, it can be reused ... To heat a building, a swimming pool for example...

It's OK, OVH transfers heat to wooden flooring instead