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Data center "mistakenly" used 30 million gallons of water (discuss.online)

submitted 1 day ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you put a turbine in the cooling tower, it'll take energy from the water by slowing it down. This will increase the humidity at the bottom of the tower, which impedes the liquid water from evaporating. This makes the tower cool slower.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago

It absolutely could be done efficiently, even if that method wouldn't work well.