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German cloud provider will heat your house if you let them install a server

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http://www.geek.com/news/german-cloud-provider-will-heat-your-house-if-you-let-them-install-a-server-1609178/

 

"As for what counts as “expensive?” Cloud & Heat charges €12,000 up front for installation of the fireproof server cabinet. They cover all the other costs for a minimum of 15 years — broadband, electricity, maintenance. That works out to about €66 a month, which may not make it a sound investment for some… but it’s a pretty geeky way to heat your house."

 

Would you do this if the even though the cost is subsidized? I personally would if I had the cash upfront and was able to use a tray or two in the rack.

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I think they meant that they install the server in your house, and your house will ALWAYS be heated up (due to the server). Don't think its controlled. Not sure about the temperatures in Germany, but if it gets hot outside, It's boiling inside.

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Depends. How fast is the broadband and how much of it can you use? It really doesn't seem like a bad deal, the cost of those bills would be much higher than 66 euros a month.

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I think they meant that they install the server in your house, and your house will ALWAYS be heated up (due to the server). Don't think its controlled. Not sure about the temperatures in Germany, but if it gets hot outside, It's boiling inside.

Germany is huge. They can have sun on one side and snow on the orther.

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remove the space at the end of the URL it breaks it. 

two deal breakers right there: "asks for a water tank that holds between 125 and 2,000 liters." and "an Internet connection of at least 50Mb/s."

 

Also wouldn't having a server affect your internet speeds, or will they provide you with to internet plans? 

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I am not sure if I understood this correctly. You pay them 12000€ and they build a server in your house that will supply the heating for the house? For essentially 15 years as after that it is up to you to maintain the server?

I don't see this being very good, the server would be using the customers bandwidth 24/7...

 

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remove the space at the end of the URL it breaks it. 

two deal breakers right there: "asks for a water tank that holds between 125 and 2,000 liters." and "an Internet connection of at least 50Mb/s."

fixed it thanks for pointing that out

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Doesnt seem like a great deal, will also make selling your property much more difficult as the person moving in might not want a server in the house

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How does this benefit the house owner? They have to pay extra for cooling in the hot days.

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How does this benefit the house owner? They have to pay extra for cooling in the hot days.

you've never been in Baden-Württemberg area, it almost never went over 30 degrees at the hottest part of the year when I was an exchange student. In the winter it's always below freezing or almost freezing during spring and fall.

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Germany is huge. They can have sun on one side and snow on the orther.

Lol what? As a German Australian, Germany is tiny the entire country is the roughly size of the smallest mainland state here and much smaller then most american states.

It's also cold as hell(comparably) so those mentioning having to cool it on hot days lol it doesn't have what I'd call a hot day after living in Australia where it passes 50c inside my house on our hot summer days.

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Lol what? As a German Australian, Germany is tiny the entire country is the size of the smallest state here and much much smaller then any american states.

It's also cold as hell so those mentioning having to cool it on hot days lol it doesn't have what I'd call a hot day after living in Australia where it passes 50c inside my house on our hot summer days.

Not that tiny. Of course it's not as big as australia, but the weather changes quite a bit. When you go from one side to another.

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I think they meant that they install the server in your house, and your house will ALWAYS be heated up (due to the server). Don't think its controlled. Not sure about the temperatures in Germany, but if it gets hot outside, It's boiling inside.

We've seen the thermometer in the garden register 47°C in the shade in south-west Germany. We've also had winters where it didn't get warmer than -20°C for three weeks.

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I didn't lie to you I never once mentioned weather other to say it's cold and guess what It's freaking cold even in summer it doesn't get many 48c+ day like we do here in Australia and it's weather doesn't differ anymore then the weather in small states it's not some magical land where one side of your house is 40c and the other is 10c.

It goes above 40°C at least every other summer here.

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Link doesn't work for me - this one does however:

 

http://www.geek.com/news/german-cloud-provider-will-heat-your-house-if-you-let-them-install-a-server-1609178/

 

I'd do it. I like the idea of it.

 

Though it really doesn't make sense to charge someone to have a server in your house if they're not able to use that anyway. It would hardly be worth it. But still pretty cool

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