Like, would a skyscraper-style datacenter be practical? Or is just a matter of big, flat buildings being cheaper?

  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
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    21 hours ago

    Tall data centers do exist in cities where land is expensive. It’s the same reason everyone builds up in cities. Where land is cheap and available it’s usually easier and less expensive to build things low and wide.

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      20 hours ago

      Tall data centers do exist in cities where land is expensive.

      Probably a bit of “hiding in plain sight” that way, too. There are a few big datacenters relatively near me, and they’re massive compounds in the middle of even more massive corn fields. Kind of stick out like a sore thumb when you’re driving by.