this ai bubble is going to burst any minute now, and we all know what that means: cheap data centre rack space in huge quantities.

[sa@chaos.social]

@piggo it's a terrible use of resources and space. a much cheaper rack can give you more space to grow stuff. purpose-built hydroponics trays have much better drainage, which means fewer puddles and less algae.

also, you really don't want excessive humidity in a server room. you don't want any leaks there either.

[stereo4x4@techhub.social]

@hank @sa I got 3 high IBM racks with glass doors etc. Main issue: They are designed for airflow, so all stuff inside collects a lot of dust if used in a "normal" room.

I moved them to our vaulted cellar as storage space. It just fits along the highest part. Down there, the airflow is actually good so there are no issues with dampness/mold.

[agowa338@chaos.social]

@sa

I kinda want to put one of these pictures on linkedin and /cc AWS and ask which of their services I've to book for this

[tk@sunmine.de]

@sa the 19inch racks are also nice for lfp battery storage, maybe there is an opportunity for further experiments?

[brooke@bikeshed.vibber.net]

@sa ah, the salad days of the data center

[hoco@sfba.social]

@sa You get a server! And *you* get a server!

[stereo4x4@techhub.social]

@hank @sa fun fact: I got the racks for scrap price (30 bucks per unit) as they are black and all the other racks at that company were grey/white.

[bangskij@climatejustice.social]

@sa this is the future they took from us

[pineywoozle@masto.ai]

@lispi314 @sa @piggo Psst instead of lettuce grow expensive spices, significantly higher yield per sq inch

[adipoeserpursch@troet.cafe]

@sa Liz Truss in a rack...

[johnefrancis@cosocial.ca]

@sa maybe some of the latest liquid-cooled racks will include all the necessary pumps and plumbing for hydroponics? That could be a factor when millions of them are dumped onto eBay for almost nothing. Maybe they'll come with nice GFI breakers, those are $$$.

[boerps@nrw.social]

@sa
Yes️ That's it!

[vosje62@mastodon.nl]

@sa @piggo well there can be room voor improvement, but with enough server racks why not have (make) matching parts for growing like this?

[davep@infosec.exchange]

@sa Excellent stuff

[superball@norcal.social]

@sa fun!

[su_liam@mas.to]

@sa I just want the RAM, GPUs and SSDs. You can do what you like with the rest.