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Well in agriculture the water "consumed" is returned with a whole bunch of chemical runoff. In datacenters the water "consumed" is returned with a whole bunch
by WarmWash 2mo ago
Well in agriculture the water "consumed" is returned with a whole bunch of chemical runoff.
In datacenters the water "consumed" is returned with a whole bunch of...water.
- etiennebausson 2mo agoheat, too.
- dgellow 2mo agoThe question is how much is returned to the original source. Given that the water is ~100% evaporated in the case of DCs it’s a genuine and reasonable question to ask
- shimman 2mo agoNo, the water is extremely hot. It takes a massive amount of infrastructure before this water can be "released." Unless you are one of those massive polluters that think discharging extremely hot water into the ground is safe and not something that immediately kills the life it's dumped into.