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SV_BubbleTimelast Monday at 5:57 PM1 replyview on HN

Parent says consume, you write use.

I’ve been unclear on this. What datacenter out there is using an open loop cooling system that does not return the water after cooling for other uses?

It seems extremely inefficient to have to filter river water over and over then to dump it into the ground so deep it doesn’t go back to getting into an aquifer.


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jeffbeelast Monday at 6:25 PM

The water that is "used" by data centers is evaporated. That's where it goes. The sky.

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