sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoData centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenixtechxplore.comexternal-linkmessage-square224linkfedilinkarrow-up1926arrow-down19
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minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoSeems hard to believe that those would outweigh the like 30 degree average temperature difference of building it some place like Glasgow Montana.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThe cooling water evaporates real nice in the desert tho
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoI didn’t think about evaporative cooling for some reason, how much water will that use?
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoAccording to this, up to a few million gallons per day, though it could be worse now that they’re getting more power hungry And if you want liters, just multiply any amount by 3.7 or something, I don’t really remember, I don’t use gallons
Seems hard to believe that those would outweigh the like 30 degree average temperature difference of building it some place like Glasgow Montana.
The cooling water evaporates real nice in the desert tho
I didn’t think about evaporative cooling for some reason, how much water will that use?
According to this, up to a few million gallons per day, though it could be worse now that they’re getting more power hungry
And if you want liters, just multiply any amount by 3.7 or something, I don’t really remember, I don’t use gallons