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How do they consume the water exactly? If it’s just heat transfer, couldn’t it be reused once it passes through the data center? I would assume a small and cold
by rhplus 2y ago
How do they consume the water exactly? If it’s just heat transfer, couldn’t it be reused once it passes through the data center? I would assume a small and cold country like Ireland could make good use of warm water, especially given its #2 ranking on tea consumption per capita!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tea_consumption_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tea_consu...
- birken 2y agoA datacenter could consume a lot of water with evaporative cooling. I don't know how prevalent it is, but given how cheap and efficient evaporative cooling is, I'd guess datacenters use it a lot where possible (probably in combination with other cooling methods).
- Night_Thastus 2y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJYSzc7YkY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJYSzc7YkY0