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This will accelerate global warming and kill off fragile ecosystems from all the heat being radiated to the oceans.
by matte_black 8y ago
This will accelerate global warming and kill off fragile ecosystems from all the heat being radiated to the oceans.
- kevinlou 8y agoI tried looking for environmental impact studies for Microsoft's data center project, but all I could find were object tracking models that their team built for tracking marine life. If a published study on this exists, I'd love to take a look.
- haney 8y agoMaybe, but it could also reduce fossil fuels used to operate less efficient cooling systems in traditional data centers. I’d love to see a breakdown on the impact of each approach.
- SiempreViernes 8y agoNot likely, water is a good heat conductor so there will just be a area of slightly warmer water near the outlet. You might get a micro ecology with some tropical fish far from their normal grounds but nothing dramatic will happen. It'll certainly not be worse for the environment than any normal data centre, unless it springs a leak and something toxic escapes.