Post #541535
2026-02-26 09:39 UTC
Evaporative cooling. They’re trying to save on their electric bills by not using AC. Or sometimes they’re cooling the AC condensers themselves this way.
The amount of heat generated is so large they can’t properly cool it with a closed loop system.
Replies (2)
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@ulterno@programming.dev 2026-02-26 10:13
And clean water just reduces duct maintenance costs.
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@SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 2026-02-26 10:48
Oh. That’s dumb. Or at least, wrongly incentivized.