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Matthew28

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4. Imagine this concept

Reply to Matthew28 (Reply #1)

Fri May 8, 2026, 10:49 PM

12 hrs ago

All future datacenters could be built on massive floating rafts with the processor/graphic cards within the hollowed out raft. The roof of this raft would be covered in solar panels with compartments along the sides with batteries storing the power and transferring the power to the graphiccards/processors.

This way
1. It powers itsself
2. Its out of our way and away from our cities. No noise!
3. The ocean cools the data center.

It could be a mile long by 500 feet long. We could have hundreds of these.

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I propose a federal law; No datacenters where the annual rainfal is less than 20 inches. [View all] Ptah 12 hrs ago OP

We need to mandate Matthew28 12 hrs ago #1

Imagine this concept Matthew28 12 hrs ago #4

On Behalf Of The Eastern Blue States, NOPE! ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #2

Same with western blue states GenThePerservering 11 hrs ago #5

i would add a sustainable water table that Inkey 12 hrs ago #3