Iced Raktajino@startrek.website to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-217 hours agoIs there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareIs there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?Iced Raktajino@startrek.website to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-217 hours agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
Like, would a skyscraper-style datacenter be practical? Or is just a matter of big, flat buildings being cheaper?
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·15 hours agoYeah that’s the only difference. Usually land is cheaper. But building high in the middle of nowhere is only like 5% more expensive.
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-214 hours agoThat’s complete bullshit. Building one floor on cheap land is way, way cheaper than building high on expensive land. source: Wyoming. and of course, building one floor of data center is exponentially cheaper than building two floors.
Depends on the price of the land.
Yeah that’s the only difference. Usually land is cheaper. But building high in the middle of nowhere is only like 5% more expensive.
That’s complete bullshit. Building one floor on cheap land is way, way cheaper than building high on expensive land.
source: Wyoming.
and of course, building one floor of data center is exponentially cheaper than building two floors.