Comment by sghiassy
1 month ago
Why isn’t building data centers in Greenland being talked about?
- Unlimited geothermal energy.
- Cold climate for heat dissipation
- tons of land
1 month ago
Why isn’t building data centers in Greenland being talked about?
- Unlimited geothermal energy.
- Cold climate for heat dissipation
- tons of land
- Getting power there is a headache (unless Greenland allows microreactors, which is a political headache). Note: Iceland has geothermal, not really Greenland.
- You still do need staff, it's not cheap building a mini city for 200 maintenance worker, much less the 5,000+ construction crew, and you'll have to pay premium to get people to actually do it
#TIL
You’re totally right. I thought it was Greenland with geothermal. But it’s Iceland. Thx!
Follow-up question - then why not Iceland? It has geothermal, airports, less geopolitical tension, etc
It is being talked about.
That's why we just annexed it.
Yoink!
because US don't have land access to Greenland (yet)