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everdrivelast Thursday at 12:16 PM1 replyview on HN

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


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moooo99last Thursday at 12:23 PM

Its a thing that cannot be generalized. However, many datacenters use evaporative cooling. Especially when the DC is built in a region with relatively warm outside temperatures, it‘s basically the only viable way to get rid of all that heat.

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