floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoData centers consumed 264B gallons of water as drought hits nearly 63% of USwww.barchart.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1301arrow-down1external-linkData centers consumed 264B gallons of water as drought hits nearly 63% of USwww.barchart.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoYeah that’s what I don’t get about all of this. Why can’t they recycle this water if it’s just being used for cooling. Why must it always be fresh water?
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 months agoThey evaporate it using cooling towers. Because it’s the cheapest way to shed heat.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoMany of these facilities are using evaporation coolers. Which means the water just evaporates. And that ends up raining into the ocean later. They’re going to cheap out in whatever way they can. Using a different cooling system, or using non-potable water isn’t going to be done voluntarily.
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down13·3 months agoIt does have a touch of fear mongering. The water wouldn’t even be contaminated.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoThey evaporate it using cooling towers. Because it’s the cheapest way to shed heat.
Yeah that’s what I don’t get about all of this. Why can’t they recycle this water if it’s just being used for cooling. Why must it always be fresh water?
They evaporate it using cooling towers. Because it’s the cheapest way to shed heat.
Many of these facilities are using evaporation coolers. Which means the water just evaporates. And that ends up raining into the ocean later.
They’re going to cheap out in whatever way they can. Using a different cooling system, or using non-potable water isn’t going to be done voluntarily.
It does have a touch of fear mongering. The water wouldn’t even be contaminated.
They evaporate it using cooling towers. Because it’s the cheapest way to shed heat.