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Re:Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around t... by petre on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @05:38AM (#48291813)
Google confused you. One needs 730 kWh to fully evaporate 1 ton of water.

Otherwise it's 1.16 Wh/kg (or kWh/ton) to rise the temprature by 1°C. Thus one needs a delta of 80°C, so 93 Wh to boil a kg of 20°C water. That's what my napkin math was based on. I used that metric a lot to calculate heat deltas in storage tanks.

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Re:Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around t... by fc417fc802 on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @05:51AM (#48291908)
I think it's the context that's confusing here. Given the topic the first thought is evaporative cooling but IIUC your intention was to give perspective by comparing to a volume of water raised to the boiling point.
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