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I wonder if data centres are as bad as cities for urban heat island effect

• jl6 5mo ago
  The physical footprint of a data center is far smaller than a city, so that would limit heat island effects that arise from things like surface albedo (which are only material over large areas). In terms of raw heat dissipation though, an exceptionally large data center could compete with a small city.
  • newsclues 5mo ago
    Yeah, but I’m wondering if they are hotter or more consistently hotter than a city which while hotter than a forest still has trees and parks etc.
  • crowbahr 5mo ago
    Not when a datacenter is the size of manhattan
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• stevenwoo 5mo ago
  Maybe? https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/sustainablebuildings/article/7/2/024501/1233035/Data-Center-Waste-Heat-as-an-Emerging-Urban https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/sustainablebuildings/...
• TheSkyHasEyes 5mo ago
  https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-centers-nearby-temperatures-degrees-phoenix.html https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-centers-nearby-temperatu...
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