These "makeshift" structures are housing hardware that costs millions of dollars in total.
  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    30·
    2 months ago

    Meta’s turbines would be a permanent feature on the Ohio site, as it’s designed to run independently of the power grid. […] Putting AI servers inside tents, officially called “rapid deployment structures,” is one of the more unique approaches to the AI build-out, Thomas said. They’re certainly not as sturdy as physical buildings made from steel and concrete, with one commenter comparing it to the “classic $10k racing bike with a $9 lock” situation.

  • microfiche [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Jet engines

    We should take the engines, bolt them all to the ground pointing the same direction, and turn them on all at once to see if we can make the earth turn faster. Sorta like the fireworks that spin and launch themselves into the sky, but with the earth instead.

    Before anyone says it’ll fuck the planet up I’d argue we are doing a pretty good job at that as it is. What can it hurt?

    Also, I can help but wonder what those jet engines powering up does to the neighboring homes gas pressure? I’ll bet when they fire up it snuffs out pilot lights and burners all over the shared system. They aren’t generating their own fuel so it’s coming from somewhere. Maybe at a midstream processor somewhere before it gets to there. I’d like to see an intrastate gas network map and compare it to where this place sits because those things probably draw several hundred million BTUs if not a billion. It makes me really wonder at the infrastructure needed to handle it all and how much of a burden it places on residents nearby.

      • Rom [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Technically it does. If the Earth spins faster we would be moving faster relative to the rest of the universe, so due to relativity time would pass very slightly slower for us (like nanoseconds over the course of a year or something). From our perspective would be moving into the future at an imperceptibly faster rate.

    • tocopherol [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Also, I can help but wonder what those jet engines powering up does to the neighboring homes gas pressure? I’ll bet when they fire up it snuffs out pilot lights and burners all over the shared system. They aren’t generating their own fuel so it’s coming from somewhere. Maybe at a midstream processor somewhere before it gets to there. I’d like to see an intrastate gas network map and compare it to where this place sits because those things probably draw several hundred million BTUs if not a billion. It makes me really wonder at the infrastructure needed to handle it all and how much of a burden it places on residents nearby.

      I don’t know the technical aspects of gas lines but I think there are some sort of regulator valves and sections that hold gas to prevent that sort of disruption. But I’m sure they’re doing some wild shit the pipes aren’t intended to account for.

      • microfiche [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        2 months ago

        That’s why I’m wondering about tying in to a midstream processor at a pump station somewhere. I’m not sure if you’re familiar w how natural gas is sent everywhere, but in as few words as possible, gas is produced at the well site, captured, cleaned up, and then injected into a very large gas pipeline at 1,000psi. It is then pumped along interstate and intrastate underground lines at high pressure. Every so often a midstream processor takes the gas, repressurizes it and sends it further downstream. That gets pushed to city/town/local jurisdiction, then stepped down to industrial pressures ranging from 10psi to several hundred psi depending on who uses it.

        If they are at ‘district pressure’ Which is maybe 10-50 psi, then they are sharing a branch line with others in said district. Check valves are certainly in place but depending on layout they could be sharing with other industrial users. Or, if they need higher than what the local jurisdiction can provide they might be tapped into a midstream line, and have their own regulating equipment to step it down to whatever is needed. Or maybe they are on their own dedicated propane battery. Propane is more combustible than NG so it’s possible they’re using propane.

        I really am curious from a technical standpoint how it was done. I’d enjoy roaming around and looking at the gas equipment.

    • Lovely_sombrero [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Bolt them all to the ground pointing upand then solve global warming by turning on the jet engines only at specific times of the day to move the Earth further from the Sun.