So I have this silly idea/longterm project of wanting to run a server on renewables on my farm. And I would like to reuse the heat generated by the server, for example to heat a grow room, or simply my house. How much heat does a server produce, and where would you consider it best applied? Has anyone built such a thing?

  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz
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    7 months ago

    Computers are just heaters that do maths as a side effect, so it makes sense. There’s even a company monetising the idea for ESG credits

    Two issues i can see are

    • Humidity in a grow room will be bad for a computer
    • With modern computers the heat output will in part depend on the workload, so you will need to find a way to make the computer do more work when you want more heat.