Comment on Ohio EPA weighs allowing data centers to dump wastewater into rivers
grapefruittrouble@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Why can’t these data centers just recirculate most of this water? Obviously there is some loss which requires more water over time but why do they require constant fresh water?
Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I feel like it’s mostly temperature. I expect that they want to continue using untreated water to be able to have cooler temperature. That way they’re not having to spend money and time cooling their coolant down.
That’s my expectation anyway.
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Run radiant pipes through the rivers, then recirculate your repurposed water. Less waste and probably some pretty good cooling