voidx@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 天前Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supplywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkThirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supplywww.theguardian.comvoidx@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 天前message-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 天前 Estimated cost for professional installation is about half or less that of central refrigerated air conditioning. Estimated cost of operation is 1/8 that of refrigerated air conditioning Source Seems to be a lot more expensive, especially in running costs.
minus-squarenul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 天前Thanks for the info. It’d be nice if we had a functioning government that could regulate and provide incentives to move data centers away from evaporative cooling. Edit: assumed this was in the US.
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Seems to be a lot more expensive, especially in running costs.
Thanks for the info. It’d be nice if we had a functioning government that could regulate and provide incentives to move data centers away from evaporative cooling.
Edit: assumed this was in the US.