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'Cool data centres with treated sewage', says Anglian Water (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] knightly@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago

Turns out it isn't more economic, as you have to substitute the energy that's carried away by the evaporating water with a commensurate amount of radiators and the extra electric power needed to pump through that cooling loop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbZVmXyOXM