I had some questions in my mind about DCs using closed loop systems and read the article a little. In case anyone else also has similar thoughts:
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The company said its water consumption was so high last year because of temporary construction-related activities, such as concrete work, dust control and site preparation.
Once operational, the company said the data centers only will use water for domestic needs, such as bathrooms and kitchens. That will total the equivalent of what four U.S. households use per month, the spokesperson said.
That may not happen for another few years, however. The company is still actively building and expanding its Fayetteville data center campus. It aims to finish in three to five years.
I'm sure that's the plan; I'm also sure a MBA will suddenly be in charge of operations and compare their cooling bills with their water bills and conclude it's cheaper to just pump water than run the cooling units.
I had some questions in my mind about DCs using closed loop systems and read the article a little. In case anyone else also has similar thoughts: —-
The company said its water consumption was so high last year because of temporary construction-related activities, such as concrete work, dust control and site preparation. Once operational, the company said the data centers only will use water for domestic needs, such as bathrooms and kitchens. That will total the equivalent of what four U.S. households use per month, the spokesperson said. That may not happen for another few years, however. The company is still actively building and expanding its Fayetteville data center campus. It aims to finish in three to five years.
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I'm sure that's the plan; I'm also sure a MBA will suddenly be in charge of operations and compare their cooling bills with their water bills and conclude it's cheaper to just pump water than run the cooling units.
I was just thinking about this relative to the headlines that datacenters don't consume as much water as we think, so thanks
Will is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this paragraph.
Private equity (Blackstone in this case).
Why am I not surprised? Sleaze through and through.
Suggested: Data center drains 30M gals of water — until residents complained of pressure
.. at least add the d back to the end
Updated.
Water usage is often a red herring compared to how much power, noise, and pollution a gigascale DC uses/creates.
Weird comment on an article where that literally isn’t the case.
I can’t tell if it’s just bot-driven nonsense, not reading the text, or just dishonesty masquerading as commentary.
Do you have anything constructive or non ad hominem to say?
I think you should apologize for being a complete asshat.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
... but don't send any data centers in space where you will have to dump your heat directly by thermal radiation towards the cold CMB... /s
How do you dissipate so much heat in vacuum? Datacenters will need to boil something like water and then dump it somewhere.
Just like satellites do: heat pipes and radiators.
Not that space DCs are a good idea™ or economical otherwise.
Economics are not the main concern if nobody wants them on Earth.
Sats are optimized for low energy usage. DCs, on the other hand, are water boilers.
Do you think data centers and the average satellite generate an equivalent amount of heat?
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