Computers and hard drives consume a lot of electricity. They throw it off as heat. Lots of heat. I have a 20x24 off with a computer and a lot of hard drives. I barely use any heat in the winter, as the heat from the computer and hard drives warms the room. Just imagine if you had multiple Super Walmarts crammed full of computers and hard drives. You would require water cooling. The water comes from the ground, as most places use wells for their water supply. The equipment is so hot, that the water turns to steam and goes into the air. It is taken from the aquifers faster than the rain cycle can ever add to them. Once the level gets low enough, the cities and towns can get any more water from their wells.
And where is this happening currently. Have many data centers picked their locations so poorly that the neighboring communities, as well as themselves, have been unable to access any water anymore as a result? Or is the fact that such a thing is POSSIBLE more important than whether or not it’s likely?
Computers and hard drives consume a lot of electricity. They throw it off as heat. Lots of heat. I have a 20x24 off with a computer and a lot of hard drives. I barely use any heat in the winter, as the heat from the computer and hard drives warms the room. Just imagine if you had multiple Super Walmarts crammed full of computers and hard drives. You would require water cooling. The water comes from the ground, as most places use wells for their water supply. The equipment is so hot, that the water turns to steam and goes into the air. It is taken from the aquifers faster than the rain cycle can ever add to them. Once the level gets low enough, the cities and towns can get any more water from their wells.
And where is this happening currently. Have many data centers picked their locations so poorly that the neighboring communities, as well as themselves, have been unable to access any water anymore as a result? Or is the fact that such a thing is POSSIBLE more important than whether or not it’s likely?