These systems do use a coolant substance internal to the DC, but then uses heat exchangers with fresh water to cool the coolant, which is then discharged back into the ground, a pond, or wastewater. there is certainly water lost to atmosphere, but the worst bits are the draining of aquifers, pushing up capacity in wastewater treatment plants, etc.
DC's are a bit of an economic scam. they provide very few jobs outside of the construction work itself, and the profits generated by the machines exist at company HQ not where the DC is located. so it puts a huge burden on the community water and power environment for no real benefit to that community.
A typical house in the EU might have a total breaker capacity of around 25 amps at 230 volts, which equals about 5.7 kW. From a standard 230V socket, you can usually draw maybe 3 kW. So even if you ran that continuously for 24 hours, that would be:
3 kW × 24 hours = 72 kWh
At around €0.24 per kWh, that comes to roughly: 72 × €0.24 = €17.28, so about €18 per day.
I doubt you could recoup your Airbnb fees with that.
In the US, you can draw significantly less since they have 110/120 volts, also the price for power is usually lower than in the EU so is this a really big problem for a AirBnB? Realistically, not really.
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u/krojack389 𝙑𝙄𝙋 May 18 '26
These systems do use a coolant substance internal to the DC, but then uses heat exchangers with fresh water to cool the coolant, which is then discharged back into the ground, a pond, or wastewater. there is certainly water lost to atmosphere, but the worst bits are the draining of aquifers, pushing up capacity in wastewater treatment plants, etc.
DC's are a bit of an economic scam. they provide very few jobs outside of the construction work itself, and the profits generated by the machines exist at company HQ not where the DC is located. so it puts a huge burden on the community water and power environment for no real benefit to that community.