sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoA data center used 29 million gallons of water without a bill, while residents complained about low water pressurewww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkA data center used 29 million gallons of water without a bill, while residents complained about low water pressurewww.techspot.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days ago heat the water a little bit to cool the stuff it needs No. Heating the water a little bit would not be sufficient at cooling what the datacenters need to cool. You have to heat the water a whole hell of a lot.
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 days agoWell, yes it wouldn’t heat it a “little bit” at the source but once added back into the system the average increase would probably be a “little bit”.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoYou’re basing that on what exactly
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 days agoThis could have been amazing if integrated into a district heating network.
No. Heating the water a little bit would not be sufficient at cooling what the datacenters need to cool. You have to heat the water a whole hell of a lot.
Well, yes it wouldn’t heat it a “little bit” at the source but once added back into the system the average increase would probably be a “little bit”.
You’re basing that on what exactly
This could have been amazing if integrated into a district heating network.