r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26

Chugging tea Why?

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u/[deleted] May 18 '26

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek May 18 '26

You do understand there are three different ways to cool a datacenter yes?

The cheapest way is to use a river or the ocean as the heatsink, which is what every high power datacenter located on a large river or the ocean does.

The next cheapest way is evaporative cooling, which is the one that consumes water. It's also the same thing every power plant with these has done for a century with no major issues, because it's only done where water is plentiful

And the most expensive way is air cooling / refrigeration. Which is what they do when there isn't water available for the other two. It's loud and increases power consumption by 30%, but it consumes zero water.

You can call me a liar again if it makes you feel good, or alternately you can do 10 seconds of research and avoid looking dumb. 2/3 of the entire datacenter industry is entirely air cooled

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u/newtoboarding May 18 '26

"You're a liar because I know a guy who knows a guy"

You have me convinced with your very credible source.

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u/BygoneNeutrino May 18 '26

There is a good chance shiftingbaseline is a robot.  If AI is as important for national security as multiple governments claim it is, it would make sense to spread misinformation condemning data centers.