Post #4413860
2026-08-05 18:23 UTC
The one cool thing about closed loop water usage of data centers is how they can only save water if we invest heavily on renewables.
Otherwise, the heat only gets moved to where they consume more electricity to dissipate it and that will be powered by consuming more water.
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@t_var_s@phpc.social 2026-08-06 10:09
But of course https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/climate/data-centers-pollution-trump-ai-energy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3VA.suy8.Oa2GGtzD2uG8 no chance can be wasted to make everything worse instead. Dropping average life expectancy for the sake of unequally distributed GDP is an horrific national agenda.