Waste heat from data centers can boost air temperatures in downwind neighborhoods by as much as 4 degrees Fahrenheit, researchers at Arizona State University report in a new study conducted in the Phoenix metro area, the hottest in the U.S.
You could put them in Canada way the fuck up north (good luck connecting them) right next to almost unlimited hydro power and it would still be silly.
Keep in mind heating of this magnitude is going to be bad in any place it is put. The fact they seem to put them in places like this tells me they don’t care about these centers actually working efficiently, just that they exist for an investor report.
You could put them in Canada way the fuck up north (good luck connecting them) right next to almost unlimited hydro power and it would still be silly.
Keep in mind heating of this magnitude is going to be bad in any place it is put. The fact they seem to put them in places like this tells me they don’t care about these centers actually working efficiently, just that they exist for an investor report.
Power is more expensive than water. So they use evaporative cooling in an arid climate.
As a bonus, solar should be plentiful there so the price they end up paying for electricity from the grid might be cheaper too?