Re:Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around t...
by varenc on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @04:40PM
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This makes it seem like you think all energy consumption leads to water boiling? At the peak of a sunny day in the american southwest, a random square mile receives over 2000 megawatts of power from the sun. In a 24-hour period that same square receives ~16 gigawatt-hours of solar energy. It doesn't all get used to boil water. And as others have said, with a closed loop cooling system, no water is evaporated that isn't also re-condensed.
My 1500W space heater could boil 4.32 gallons of water every hour. But it isn't.
My 1500W space heater could boil 4.32 gallons of water every hour. But it isn't.