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For most of the year, the ambient air temperature here is below 20°C, so you can just ventilate, no need to warm the oceans. There have also been some pilot pr
by jusssi 8y ago
For most of the year, the ambient air temperature here is below 20°C, so you can just ventilate, no need to warm the oceans.
There have also been some pilot projects to output the waste heat to municipal district heating systems, not sure if Google's center does that.
- Sami_Lehtinen 8y agoTelia Pitäjänmäki DC aims to waste heat recycling, this is green if something is. https://www.telia.fi/yrityksille/english/telia-helsinki-data-center https://www.telia.fi/yrityksille/english/telia-helsinki-data...
- thomasfedb 8y agoAs far as I can remember from high school, heat transfer is proportional to temperature difference, as well as coefficient of something-o-rather. I think icy water beats cool air on both of these.