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meindnochlast Thursday at 12:10 PM5 repliesview on HN

You realize the cooling system in a data center is a closed loop that circulates a fixed volume of water, right?

Your kidneys are filtering 200 liters of blood per day. OMG, where's all that blood coming from?!


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yrxuthstlast Thursday at 12:16 PM

Many data centers use evaporative cooling, since it's much cheaper than closed loop. This requires a constant input of water.

yvdriesslast Thursday at 1:01 PM

Yes and just like our bodies, that closed loop is cooled by a rack of evaporators on the roof.

nephihahalast Thursday at 12:24 PM

The blood comes from liquids I ingest (and some food and air). If I don't drink, I'll die quite quickly.

That isn't a closed loop exactly although there is a complex system connecting my digestive/urinary tract with my bladder etc.

everdrivelast Thursday at 12:16 PM

If this is true, why have I heard about data centers demolishing local water supplies? Is this incorrect?

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kjs3last Thursday at 4:58 PM

Apparently, you don't urinate like the rest of us; humans are not a closed loop. Neither are most data center cooling facilities, but I think it's pretty clear that level of fact is wasted here.