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Thermodynamics is part of the physics curriculum for many software engineering and computer science degrees.

There are a number of existing solutions that solve for energy inefficiency due to unreclaimed waste heat.

"Thermodynamics of Computation Wiki" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18146854

"Why Do Computers Use So Much Energy?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18139654