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Comment by sagarm

6 months ago

Does using oil solve the mass problem? Liquids aren't light.

I would wager that its lighter than:

Repair robots

Enough air between servers to allow robots to access and replace componentry.

Spare componentry.

An eject/return system.

Heatpipes from every server to the radiators.

  • A light oil has a density of 700kg per cubic meter. Most common oils are denser.

    Then you'd need vanes, agitators, and pumps to keep the oil moving around without forming eddies. These would need to be fairly bulky compared to fans and fan motors.

    I'd have to see what an engineering team came up with, but at first glance the liquid solution would be much heavier and likely more maintenance intensive.