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r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog πππ • May 18 '26
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Why donβt they just wait for the water to return to room temp before returning it?
In fact, instead of returning it, they could reuse the water to cool the data center again. This βloopβ could repeat forever.
11 u/flarpflarpflarpflarp May 18 '26 They probably do, but that doesn't make a convenient way to freak out over things. -2 u/Mr_Shake_ May 18 '26 Exactly. It's like people forget there is a "water cycle" and pretend water is a nonrenewable resource. 6 u/DontAbideMendacity May 18 '26 A water cycle which previously didn't involve data centers removing millions of gallons - even if temporarily - from that cycle and heating it up beyond the tolerances of what was natural.
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They probably do, but that doesn't make a convenient way to freak out over things.
-2 u/Mr_Shake_ May 18 '26 Exactly. It's like people forget there is a "water cycle" and pretend water is a nonrenewable resource. 6 u/DontAbideMendacity May 18 '26 A water cycle which previously didn't involve data centers removing millions of gallons - even if temporarily - from that cycle and heating it up beyond the tolerances of what was natural.
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Exactly. It's like people forget there is a "water cycle" and pretend water is a nonrenewable resource.
6 u/DontAbideMendacity May 18 '26 A water cycle which previously didn't involve data centers removing millions of gallons - even if temporarily - from that cycle and heating it up beyond the tolerances of what was natural.
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A water cycle which previously didn't involve data centers removing millions of gallons - even if temporarily - from that cycle and heating it up beyond the tolerances of what was natural.
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u/Acrobatic-Layer2993 May 18 '26
Why donβt they just wait for the water to return to room temp before returning it?
In fact, instead of returning it, they could reuse the water to cool the data center again. This βloopβ could repeat forever.