Natasha ðŸ‡ªðŸ‡ºOct 30
Data Centres
Show threadavatastic  Oct 30
@Natasha_Jay Data Centers should be required to use power plant style cooling towers, rather than local water sources, so their environmental impact can really be seen.
Show threadInky says "What the hell?!"
@avatastic @Natasha_Jay Those cooling towers, and the systems they cool, still draw from local water sources. The big question is the water used, cleaned and released back into the local water system.
Oct 30 at 1:13pmWeb
Show threadGarrett WollmanOct 30
@InkySchwartz @avatastic @Natasha_Jay The water "used" by data centers is primarily the cooling water *used by the power plants* already. It's not being evaporated on the site of the DC.