The system circulates coolant at up to 45°C in a closed loop, but critics say it leaves out water consumed by power plants supplying the grid
  • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    82·
    12 days ago

    This article fails to mention (I presume, after skimming it) that all these data centers aren’t using water because it is magically better suited for this job, it’s just cheap and abundant.

    This “new cooling design” doesn’t mean shit when it doesn’t address the reason data centers are using so much water

  • Jiral@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    12 days ago

    Wow, they invented closed loop cooling.

    I guess they will be completely blown away when they find out, that one can actually link data centers to distributed heating networks and thereby actually use the primary output of those premium priced electrical heating plants, instead of just wasting it and lots of water while doing so. Of course, for doing so one would have to properly plan those data centers and need more time developing them etc. And then it would take longer than this bubble might last so that is not an option.

  • tidderuuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    11 days ago

    Datacenters: “It cost how much? Fuck that we need profit today not tomorrow. Fuck yo environment. Where we buildin next?”

    • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      6·
      11 days ago

      The whole reason they don’t do it already is that evaporative cooling saves on energy. So their energy consumption will go up if they want to save on water lol

      • 0x0@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        Requiring any datacenter to also include a basin system with recycling of the water should be mandatory.

        It doesnt matter how the datacenter is “too big” to handle that, build a bigger fucking pool.

  • Baggie@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10·
    11 days ago

    Yeah so they literally always could have done this. They probably only started now because there was so much of a stink being kicked up about it

  • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    12 days ago

    Still gonna be using tons of energy, so hit me up when they claim 100% reduction in energy and I’m interested.

    • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      If you set it up right you could capture some of the evaporated portions and turn it into brandy.

      I’m actually kinda surprised that data centers aren’t repurposing the heat to evaporate lithium brine

  • Bieren@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3·
    12 days ago

    Maybe so. But it would cost money. And companies just don’t do that in America.

  • kreskin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    10 days ago

    added expense is the only “problem”. Capitalism doesnt care about the environment at all. If they can make an extra dollar killing the planet they will consider it their fi-douche-iary duty to do so.