Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centrewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1286arrow-down16cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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minus-squareSaik0@lemmy.saik0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months 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.