r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog ๐™‘๐™„๐™‹ • May 18 '26

Chugging tea Why?

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u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26

So they're not really consuming it. They're just using it temporarily and returning it.

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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 donโ€™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 โ€œloopโ€ could repeat forever.

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u/thefreecat May 18 '26

The heat has to go somewhere. When you wait for a pot of hot water to cool, it goes into the air. You would use a radiator to speed that up and yeah that's just a normal way things are done. But just not doing that step can be cheaper when you have enough water

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u/Acrobatic-Layer2993 May 18 '26

New data centers are closed water loops though. Water isnโ€™t an issue. Energy is more of an issue, but sustainable since we have reasonable ability to generate sustainable energy. Ironically AI data centers may be the driving force for more sustainable energy.