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'Cool data centres with treated sewage', says Anglian Water (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nice! Good to know.

But why have an evaporative cooling system and not use a system similar to internal combustion engines, with a closed circuit system? It would be more economic.

But I wouldn't want to have to replace the gasket if it broke!

[–] knightly@pawb.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

Turns out it isn't more economic, as you have to substitute the energy that's carried away by the evaporating water with a commensurate amount of radiators and the extra electric power needed to pump through that cooling loop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbZVmXyOXM