For centuries, refrigeration tech has stayed the same — energy-hungry and reliant on harmful gases. Enter magnetocaloric cooling: a new solution claiming to be 30% more energy-efficient than current cooling systems. And it’s scalable. From fridges to cooling buildings and server farms.

  • Venator@lemmy.nz
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    7 days ago

    Seems like a dead end technology: they say it would be slightly more efficient in certain circumstances in future, but then that in those circumstances it still might not be…

    What’s the point of it over regular compressor cooling?