ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months agoImagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square248linkfedilinkarrow-up11.52Karrow-down110
arrow-up11.51Karrow-down1imageImagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!lemmy.worldZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square248linkfedilink
minus-squarenullAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoSo assuming the datacenter uses the water for cooling, what happens to the water? Does it just get released as steam?
minus-squareexcral@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoOf course it would be possible to capture and condensate the steam but that equipment would cost money. If just using more water is cheap and unregulated there is no incentive not to do just so.
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt often just evaporates, since they’re using evaporative cooling.
So assuming the datacenter uses the water for cooling, what happens to the water? Does it just get released as steam?
Of course it would be possible to capture and condensate the steam but that equipment would cost money. If just using more water is cheap and unregulated there is no incentive not to do just so.
It often just evaporates, since they’re using evaporative cooling.