And there's nothing that would preclude you guys from simulating geothermal with them.
1. Dig down 50-100 feet
2. Make a foundation and catch pan
3. Put in an elevated platform to hold containers
4. Lower 5-50 containers onto elevated platforms
5. Install first order heat exchangers downstairs
6. Put "roof" on
7. Cover with 30 (or more) feet of dirt or whatever you prefer
Perhaps install a bridge crane and a shaft to the surface so that you can swap power units out without digging down again. Just make incredibly massive covers (like 10ft thick concrete) without cranes on-site at the surface so that terrorists wouldn't be able to hijack stuff once they made it through the front gate.
The idea of simulating geothermal is that you'll have a bunch of power generation equipment on the surface that runs on heat. It just happens that it's not a "natural" geothermal well but a man-made one.
1. Dig down 50-100 feet
2. Make a foundation and catch pan
3. Put in an elevated platform to hold containers
4. Lower 5-50 containers onto elevated platforms
5. Install first order heat exchangers downstairs
6. Put "roof" on
7. Cover with 30 (or more) feet of dirt or whatever you prefer
Perhaps install a bridge crane and a shaft to the surface so that you can swap power units out without digging down again. Just make incredibly massive covers (like 10ft thick concrete) without cranes on-site at the surface so that terrorists wouldn't be able to hijack stuff once they made it through the front gate.
It might look something like this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/10/google_data_center_v...
The idea of simulating geothermal is that you'll have a bunch of power generation equipment on the surface that runs on heat. It just happens that it's not a "natural" geothermal well but a man-made one.