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Imaging if this technology could cool a data centre.

Edit: I was not involved in this project. You are wasting your time asking me questions.

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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe it whisks the heat away to space?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What through a wormhole?

There's a lot of air between the refrigerator and space I think it might get in the way

[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

It is possible to get IR radiation out almost directly to space, its the same principle for why clear nights are always colder- no cloud layer to bounce the IR back at the surface and keep it warm

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

I know, I was kidding