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> Writing a 100-word email consumes about 500ml of water (17 oz).1 > 2 litres are needed for every 10 to 50 queries you make.2 Isn't this water reused? AFAIK
by hu3 2y ago
> Writing a 100-word email consumes about 500ml of water (17 oz).1
> 2 litres are needed for every 10 to 50 queries you make.2
Isn't this water reused? AFAIK it's just for cooling.
This smells like FUD.
- pc86 2y agoIt should smell like a joke. Maybe you are congested or something?
- phyzome 2y agoIt's not like a water-cooled computer that just uses water for heat transport. In a datacenter, I believe it's generally just evaporated off and lost to the atmosphere. This allows you to dump the energy into the vapor's latent heat. So yeah, it's treated fresh water that is then lost. (It's not great, but I think the electricity waste is more compelling.)
- int_19h 2y agoOut of curiosity, why fresh water for cooling? Because the cost of making things saltwater-proof wrt corrosion is too great?
- mikestew 2y agoThe short answer is “yes, saltwater ruins nearly everything thing it touches in fairly short order”. PVC pipe? Okay, that’s probably fine. Pumps, sensors, and a lot of other things aren’t quite so tolerant.