Visit of ASICMINER's Immersion Cooling Mining Facility

[ryepdx]

I'm wondering where the boiled liquid is going, you said the tank is not a pressure vessel, so is it just lost?

I think OP just meant the liquid *looked* like it was boiling. I'm betting it looked like it was boiling because the pumps are continually circulating the liquid around the blades.

[deadweasel]

Impressive operation!  Thanks for the many pictures!

[Gomeler]

I'm wondering where the boiled liquid is going, you said the tank is not a pressure vessel, so is it just lost?

I think OP just meant the liquid *looked* like it was boiling. I'm betting it looked like it was boiling because the pumps are continually circulating the liquid around the blades.

The fluid IS boiling but it boils at a much lower boiling point that water. Since they mention 37 degrees for the room temperature, which I assume is Celsius, I imagine they are using a fluid that boils somewhere between 40-60 Celsius, of which there are a number of options from 3M. Immersion cooling is really neat, just requires a vapor-seal for the container and a condenser to condense the evaporated fluid. So long as you don't exceed your heat exchange capacity, you will minimally pressurize the container.

[cypherdoc]

now that is extraordinary.

and ppl keep worrying about the US gubmint banning Bitcoin.  i don't think so.

[em_zet]

and current performance???

[SebastianJu]

Nice... though such images should be posted by an Asicminer PR-Person... At least friedcat promised such PR-Guy...

[Templer]

Thats very impressive!!! goddamn!!

[CroverNo01]

Great article, just wondering how do the blades not short out in water ? as usually if you put anything electrical submerged in water it will just brake.

I take it these are special designed blades that work underwater ?

[smooth]

Great article, just wondering how do the blades not short out in water ? as usually if you put anything electrical submerged in water it will just brake.

I take it these are special designed blades that work underwater ?

It's not water, it's a "cooling fluid" made by 3M.

[kibblesnbits]

Can't wait for the video, hopefully with sound.  I would like to hear 1000s of blades bubbling in the hot hash tub.

[elasticband]

Nice cat farm..... where do they milk the cats to make the coins?

[nexxai]

Great article, just wondering how do the blades not short out in water ? as usually if you put anything electrical submerged in water it will just brake.

I take it these are special designed blades that work underwater ?

It's a non-conductive liquid (or, much less likely, distilled water which isn't conductive either but has a 100C boiling point which this liquid doesn't seem to have).

[Wetish]

Damn. That is an amazing setup.

[Conqueror]

This is most technologicaly advanced farm I ever seen.
Wonderfull!

[Adrian-x]

This is amazing.

Suggestion: in the future plan deployment and organize R&D around summer implementation so you can have full deployment in winter.

Also consider some industrial locations, most factories I visit in China are very cold in winter. And this cold also affects QC in production.

So partner with production facilities and use waste heat to improve factory conditions. This will actually increase productivity as people will prefer work to avoid cold.

Benefits could include rent discounts and reliable power, and distributed infrastructure.

[jaked]

So much for a "decentralized" coin.

I appreciate the technical work, but images like these challenge my confidence in Bitcoin.

[Adrian-x]

So much for a "decentralized" coin.

I appreciate the technical work, but images like these challenge my confidence in Bitcoin.

The ownership is distributed, you can buy a seat on the board today, and share in the profits. (The shares are publicly trained) 

[mvidetto]

Do they have any equipment being manufactured for use there?

[Ghrindy]

Great article, just wondering how do the blades not short out in water ? as usually if you put anything electrical submerged in water it will just brake.

I take it these are special designed blades that work underwater ?

It's not water, it's a "cooling fluid" made by 3M.

probably Fluorinert  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinert

I think that coolant was mentioned a couple of times by DeathAndTexas (and was using that stuff too)

[tlr]

So much for a "decentralized" coin.

I appreciate the technical work, but images like these challenge my confidence in Bitcoin.

The ownership is distributed, you can buy a seat on the board today, and share in the profits. (The shares are publicly trained) 

Who cares whether "ownership" is distributed? What matters to the long term viability of Bitcoin is whether a government or some other bad actor could take over one or a few mining operations to gain control of the network.