Published on Wed Nov 05 2025 18:00:00 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) by Orkid Labs

Computing is Energy

The Hidden Thermodynamic Constraint

A modern data center is, at its core, a giant bank of servers that consumes vast power and must dump an equal amount of heat. This isn’t a design flaw or an engineering challenge to be solved. It reflects a basic physical law: any information processing is literally an energy flow. Every bit flipped or erased costs energy—about 2.9×10⁻²¹ joules per bit at room temperature—and generates heat.

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