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Data Centers Work to Reduce Their Enormous Water Use
- lsb 18y agoPerhaps this is naïve, but why aren't more data centers in Alaska, or atop mountains? It's cold and windy and cooling costs would (potentially) be so much smaller.
- patrickg-zill 18y agoI think there are some that are... a company called Verne Holdings was planning to build one in Iceland, but it has been delayed. http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/022309_Iceland_Data_Center_Postponed_A_Year http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/022309_Iceland_Data_... Remember as well, that proximity to lots of reliable power is also a concern. My guess is that the datacenters in sunshine states, will eventually buy solar power systems to put on their roofs.
- wmf 18y agoIt's a multidimensional problem: power, cooling, fiber, tax breaks, etc.
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