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It'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 atm
by phyzome 2y ago
It'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.