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dijittoday at 1:32 PM1 replyview on HN

Huh, you think the equator is better for datacenters? I've never heard that.

I mean, there's a reason Luleå is a popular datacenter spot: access to hydro & wind- but also "free cooling"; datacenters create a lot of heat and having a cold environment makes it easier to maintain ambient temperatures that are sustainable with lower energy consumption.

Additionally, people tend to prefer their servers are in geopolitically stable countries that are less likely to be bombed or undergo civil war (and the US likes to ensure civil war in countries that have a lot of oil) - and you want your datacenters to avoid any environmental hazards like earthquakes.

I can't imagine preferring the equator for datacenters.


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DaedalusIItoday at 2:32 PM

singapore/malaysia/indonesia one of the best places in the world for datacentres. just have to build absurd cooling systems and use coal power plants

the bottleneck is they keep running out of water for cooling