muppeth

I read somewhere that china was also doing some experiments. Oh here it is: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/09/worlds-first-wind-powered-underwater-datacentre-starts-operating-in-china

Though I swear I saw another experiment with the entire thing submerged all the way to the bottom in a marina or something, but cannot find it.

Sure. Everything needs maintenance. Still much much cheaper this way then the orbit.

It’s so stupid. Wouldn’t doing the same thing but on the bottom of the sea be less expensive, more realistic and with less of an environmental impact? You could cool the machines easier, get power from the water movement and there is plenty of space on the bottom.

No need for snarky and passive agressive comments to both of you tbh. Keep it civil

Yes and that’s why volunteer fees are nowhere near minimum wage. It’s basically a way to compensate all sort of volunteers helping out non-profits. IMO it’s quite a good system and more of a symbolic then a real pay.

What’s to stop an employer from hiring someone, paying them a few bucks an hour and calling them “volunteers”?

Because most likely would not find volunteers that are ok being paid approx. 170euro a month. Also I think this setting is only applicable to foundations and associations.

Second that. yunohost is perfect for all in one self hosting solution for small groups. As for hardware requirenments, for 10 peeps you could get away with any VPS (then based on the needs you can check if to upgrade). If you want to self-host on your own hardware most likely a minipc like Hp’s prodesk with 16-32GB RAM would do.