> But let's not forget there's a good reason why data centres full of computer servers are often built inside icy mountains or under oceans. Electronics get hot.
Gell-Mann amnesia effect applies here. This is pretty bad reporting.
Gell-Mann amnesia effect applies here. This is pretty bad reporting.
PS: You can, the vacuum of space is actually terrible for cooling, I was making a joke.
[0] https://news.microsoft.com/features/under-the-sea-microsoft-...
[2] https://royal.pingdom.com/the-worlds-most-super-designed-dat...
The only reason for the freezing temperatures is to keep foodstuff fresh.
Also datacenters underground is only a marketing trick (we keep you servers in a bunker). If anything it only complicates getting rid of extra heat (eg. problems with London underground [1] )
[1] https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/london-...
As you say, it's total nonsense - even if the cause does turn out to be an electrical fire, it's unlikely to be due to insufficient cooling of the whole warehouse.
She implied that DC are built underwater/in mountains (true) often (false) because electronics get hot (true...ish). And then drew the conclusion that this is one of the reasons the warehouse is cold (false) on top of the obvious one:
> The temperature was to protect the cold food, I was told.