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[–] superkret@feddit.org 20 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Here me out: a global computing cooperative –
Collectively owned servers and gaming PCs are run at max power wherever it's winter at the time, streaming the data to where it is needed.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 5 points 14 hours ago

So it sends data to/from a remote place? A place that's probably far away, kinda like those fluffy-looking things in the sky? May I suggest that you name your idea "cloud computing"?

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 11 points 18 hours ago

There, you're out.

That's a lot of bandwidth, but it sounds like a good idea.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I mean data center excess heat is already used for district heating and that's a shared resource. Not free or communal computing resource though.

[–] ABasilPlant@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Huh, I hadn't heard about this idea and a quick search on DDG returned this link: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2022/08/sustainable-data-centre-heating/

Interesting!