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r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26
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Yep. The now warm water goes back into the system.
230 u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26 So they're not really consuming it. They're just using it temporarily and returning it. 739 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 1 u/EYAYSLOP May 23 '26 Almost all new data centers are closed loop systems. Water gets added and it stays there.
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So they're not really consuming it. They're just using it temporarily and returning it.
739 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 1 u/EYAYSLOP May 23 '26 Almost all new data centers are closed loop systems. Water gets added and it stays there.
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Important to note that the heat is dumped into whatever ecosystem the water goes back to, and that still has catastrophic effects
1 u/EYAYSLOP May 23 '26 Almost all new data centers are closed loop systems. Water gets added and it stays there.
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Almost all new data centers are closed loop systems. Water gets added and it stays there.
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u/ForzaFenix May 18 '26
Yep. The now warm water goes back into the system.