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Analemma_ 5 hours ago

It’s a fire hazard in residential houses where people frequently do their own wiring, because it needs more expertise to wire correctly. Copper wiring is a lot more forgiving to being hooked up by amateurs.

The biggest reason is that aluminum oxidizes, and unlike copper, the oxide layer has high resistivity. In theory that shouldn’t be an issue in datacenters hiring expert technicians.

pixl97 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Yea, in a data center setup the cost difference can justify the things like soldiering connections rather than mechanical connectors with a higher resistance.