Davriellelouna@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centrewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1286arrow-down16cross-posted to: technology@piefed.socialpolitics@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmit.onlineaboringdystopia@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.socialBBC@metawire.euusa@ponder.catbbc_us@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up1280arrow-down1external-link'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centrewww.bbc.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square20linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@piefed.socialpolitics@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmit.onlineaboringdystopia@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.socialBBC@metawire.euusa@ponder.catbbc_us@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareSaik0@lemmy.saik0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year ago I’m still not entirely sure why these data centers require such massive amounts of water when we’ve been running heat exchange loops in nuclear plants for decades. Because many are running evaporative cooling.
Because many are running evaporative cooling.