ClathrateG [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 days agoChina says 'world's first' offshore wind-powered underwater data center 24 megawatt subsea AI facility uses ocean water for passive cooling and offshore wind for powerwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkChina says 'world's first' offshore wind-powered underwater data center 24 megawatt subsea AI facility uses ocean water for passive cooling and offshore wind for powerwww.tomshardware.comClathrateG [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareCoolkidbozzy [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-211 days agoWater absorbs a lot of energy in the conversion from liquid to gas. Saltwater leaves behind salts when evaporated that immediately ruin the efficiency of your thermal exchange system, so it has to remain in liquid form
minus-squareSmokinStalin [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 days agoDoubt theyd need any part of the ocean to reach boiling. Avoids lots of problems to just have a larger heat exchanger that operates at lower temps.
Water absorbs a lot of energy in the conversion from liquid to gas. Saltwater leaves behind salts when evaporated that immediately ruin the efficiency of your thermal exchange system, so it has to remain in liquid form
Doubt theyd need any part of the ocean to reach boiling. Avoids lots of problems to just have a larger heat exchanger that operates at lower temps.