I don’t see how that generates anywhere near enough power, think about the potential energy of a bucket of water going up and down that amount over the course of a day.
replySure, but then multiply that by several million buckets. Tidal flows can represent a lot of water volume, way more than you'd expect
replyI agree. It has to be more viable than sending GPUs to space.
replyBoth are questionable. Tidal power is super neat in theory but we really struggle to make it viable in practice. GPUs in space are probably the lower risk option, but with even more questionable economics
replyMy preferred outlandish idea would be to put the data centers next to solar farms in the Sahara. I just don't know yet how we are going to make the batteries to power that through the night