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Waste heat from data centers is significantly below the temperature that desalination systems typically use. While a desalination system could theoretically use
by elil17 2mo ago
Waste heat from data centers is significantly below the temperature that desalination systems typically use. While a desalination system could theoretically use data center waste heat, it would require far higher capital costs than other desalination systems.
- imglorp 2mo agoI see, good point. One page over, there does appear to be a low temperature process which specifically calls out using waste heat. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0011916499000454 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00119...
- elil17 1mo agoIt's possible, just not economical