sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoA data center used 29 million gallons of water without a bill, while residents complained about low water pressurewww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down14
arrow-up1347arrow-down1external-linkA data center used 29 million gallons of water without a bill, while residents complained about low water pressurewww.techspot.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours ago heat the water a little bit to cool the stuff it needs No. Heating the water a little bit would not be sufficient at cooling what the datacenters need to cool. You have to heat the water a whole hell of a lot.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-218 hours agoThis could have been amazing if integrated into a district heating network.
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-218 hours agoWell, yes it wouldn’t heat it a “little bit” at the source but once added back into the system the average increase would probably be a “little bit”.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours agoYou’re basing that on what exactly
No. Heating the water a little bit would not be sufficient at cooling what the datacenters need to cool. You have to heat the water a whole hell of a lot.
This could have been amazing if integrated into a district heating network.
Well, yes it wouldn’t heat it a “little bit” at the source but once added back into the system the average increase would probably be a “little bit”.
You’re basing that on what exactly