Watch the water - Q
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WHERE is the water used for cooling going after it absorbs the heat???
Your car doesn't just consume the coolant when it runs, it recycles it...
What's WRONG with this picture?
I used to install commercial cooling systems. They are closed systems, that use a small amount of makeup water. I dont know why they would need massive amounts of water.
I don't either especially with "environmentalism" and its peak, right,???
This seems quite anomalous & demands a proper dig....
What are we missing?
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AI data centers require significant water primarily for thermal management to prevent servers from overheating, as well as indirectly through electricity generation and chip manufacturing.
Direct Cooling: Most data centers use evaporative cooling systems, where water is circulated to absorb heat from processors and then evaporated in cooling towers. This process consumes large volumes of freshwater, with estimates suggesting that 50–60% of withdrawn water is lost to evaporation. Indirect Water Use: Approximately 80% or more of a data center’s total water footprint comes from the electricity it consumes. Power plants, particularly those burning fossil fuels, require massive amounts of water for steam generation and cooling. Manufacturing: The production of the specialized high-density chips used in AI training requires "ultrapure" water to rinse silicon wafers, with some factories using up to 10 million gallons per day. AI Intensity: AI workloads generate significantly higher heat densities than traditional computing, forcing facilities to rely more heavily on water-intensive liquid cooling or increasing the strain on evaporative systems to maintain operational temperatures.
And their are many other ways of cooling. I guess massive amounts of water is cheapest.
But obviously not best! For a house geo-thermal an open loop can be ok, it doesn't use tons and wildlife like a little warm stream in winter :) and no pollutant added.
29 million gallons will disrupt any water table that isn't an ocean. hint hint
They should build them on the north slope of Alaska. Enegy is almost free and a gas plant would be super efficient in the cold weather.
If they need cooling they can open some big doors.
My astute fren does it again,lots of questions to be asked on this one,the two water connections the county didn't know about makes me scratch my head,wonder if i could do that and maybe the power co too,lmao.
Is this how the mythical "Water Wars" we've heard about starts?