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The Dalles is on the Columbia river; is Google not able to use the river water for cooling? (presumably with a closed secondary loop).
by advisedwang 5y ago
The Dalles is on the Columbia river; is Google not able to use the river water for cooling? (presumably with a closed secondary loop).
- Accujack 5y agoLegally, they can not directly use the river. Diversion of federally protected rivers in any amount is surrounded by a huge amount of paperwork and even more transparency requirements and public comment periods than what they're trying to do with The Dalles. Of course, even if they could do that they'd face opposition for potentially polluting the river, raising its temperature, and diverting water in some amount from a scarce resource. Google needs to learn to air cool.
- j_walter 5y agoYou can't air cool the kind of heat they have. Evaporative cooling towers will always be needed.
- rolph 5y agoProject 02 Google data center in The Dalles, Oregon One of the largest Google data centers is located in the town of The Dalles, Oregon, on the Columbia River, approximately 80 miles (129 km) from Portland. Codenamed "Project 02", the million[60] complex[further explanation needed] was built in 2006 and is approximately the size of two American football fields, with cooling towers four stories high.[61] The site was chosen to take advantage of inexpensive hydroelectric power, and to tap into the region's large surplus of fiber optic cable, a remnant of the dot-com boom. A blueprint of the site appeared in 2008.[62] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_data_centers#Project_02 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_data_centers#Project_02 https://mapper.acme.com/?ll=45.632511,-121.202267&z=16&t=SL&marker0=45.632511,-121.202267,Google%20data%20centers https://mapper.acme.com/?ll=45.632511,-121.202267&z=16&t=SL&...