Comment on How do AI data centers manage to *consume* water, but when I cool my house, my A/C *makes* water?
BussyCat@lemmy.world 4 days agoBecause if it’s a closed loop then the heat doesn’t leave the system so at some point you need to open the system. Your options for getting heat to actually leave the system are: evaporate water, air coolers (not efficient with large systems or in warm climate), or water coolers.
The water coolers sound good but then you are heating up a local water supply which can kill a bunch of local wildlife