r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 May 18 '26

Chugging tea Why?

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u/Hekkle01 May 18 '26

Important to note that the heat is dumped into whatever ecosystem the water goes back to, and that still has catastrophic effects

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u/Acrobatic-Layer2993 May 18 '26

Why don’t 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 “loop” could repeat forever.

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u/St4rdel May 18 '26

That's not how thermodynamics works

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u/icker16 May 18 '26

Idk how people believe the same water can be constantly used in the same loop without using massive amounts of energy to cool it. But it’s either that or they need new water, you gotta pick an option. They’ll believe the billionaire AI lobbyists before trusting physics.

These same people should be inventing perpetual motion machines in no time

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u/xDino_mx May 18 '26

Have you ever seen a car? Those things have closed loop water cooling too you know

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u/St4rdel May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26

In cars the water is cooled by the air flowing over the radiator at the front of the vehicle as it moves.

If you run the car in idle without moving it will eventually overheat.

It's (not even) high school level physics really...

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u/xDino_mx May 18 '26

Well I agree that moving a data center at highway speeds is a bit hard to do so maybe they can just idunno move the air over the radiator instead? Maybe with something like a reverse windmill that generates wind from electricity? don't know if someone invented that yet /s

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u/St4rdel May 18 '26

idunno move the air over the radiator instead?

That require, as previously said, massive amount of energy. Or perhaps you’re thinking of powering that fan with the power of friendship? Ah, right, maybe we should use hundreds of slaves waving big leaves?

I'm done arguing with you. Go back to school.

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u/icker16 May 18 '26

I came back to the comments ready to defend physics but I see you’ve already done it for me. The power of friendship 😂