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Re:In a first, Google has released data on how much energy a... by kleton on Thursday August 21, 2025 @01:12PM (#44975353)
The Meta FTW data centers use evaporative chillers, but they re-condense the water so that it's a closed loop.
Re:In a first, Google has released data on how much energy a... by sdenton4 on Friday August 22, 2025 @10:21AM (#44985036)
Yeah, the funny thing about the water claims is that there's a pretty simple technological fix: closed loop exists, and seems to be simply the better choice going forward as new DCs are built (excepting of course things like musk's 'rolling coal' bullshit).