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superchunk said:

What extra cooling is in the dock? all rumors state the dock is just a hunk of plastic with connectors. The fan and everything is in the device, not the dock.

"Plugging the system into the dock will also activate a small additional fan to help with cooling when run at that higher clock speed. This fan is in the rear of the dock, and there is a gap in the back of the dock to allow the system’s inbuilt fans to vent when docked."

Via: http://letsplayvideogames.com/2016/12/report-nintendo-switch-dock-increases-performance-not-via-extra-hardware/

At least I understood that there's a fan in the dock, in addition to gaps to allow the internal fans to keep working.