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You don't have to evaporatively cool a data center. You can make a direct trade between energy efficiency and water consumption.

• mrexroad 4mo ago
  You don’t have to but in hotter climates, especially those with higher energy costs (ca), it’s a lot cheaper to cool evaporatively.
• 201984 4mo ago
  You don't HAVE to, but most of the big ones do.