Comment on Data centers are now hoarding SSDs as hard drive supplies dry up
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 days agoEvaporative cooling. They’re trying to save on their electric bills by not using AC. Or sometimes they’re cooling the AC condensers themselves this way.
The amount of heat generated is so large they can’t properly cool it with a closed loop system.
ulterno@programming.dev 2 days ago
And clean water just reduces duct maintenance costs.