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jeffbeetoday at 5:53 PM2 repliesview on HN

You don't have to evaporatively cool a data center. You can make a direct trade between energy efficiency and water consumption.


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201984today at 7:23 PM

You don't HAVE to, but most of the big ones do.

mrexroadtoday at 6:11 PM

You don’t have to but in hotter climates, especially those with higher energy costs (ca), it’s a lot cheaper to cool evaporatively.