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  Re: Re: Forget a hosepipe ban
  By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Tue Aug 19 2025 08:33 am

 > If I recall this was more about water usage than electricity use but
 > suggestied that less data stored on servers would reduce the amount of water
 > needed to cool them. I'd think a big part of the water part of it would
 > depend on if coolant is recycled or just dumped with new water coming in to
 > replace it, and where that water is coming from. Pretty much anything could
 > be used but I suppose if the servers are in a city then it's a huge waste of
 > clean, processed, drinking water.

The reports make it sound like the water isn't recycled and that the water is
"used" by the data center, as if they're talking about continuous use. Whether
that's accurate or not, I don't know. You'd think you could cool the water
passively and recirculate it, but then you're adding more radiant heat into
the environment.

If water is running through a closed system you wouldn't think there'd be an
issue with treating it and releasing it back into the water supply, but I'm
sure it's not worth the decrease in net shareholder value.
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