Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agoWho is minding the water data centres will use?canadians.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down13
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkWho is minding the water data centres will use?canadians.orgSunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareSamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoThey use water for evaporative cooling in addition to closed loop systems.
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 day agoI guess that makes sense but how much water does they actually use? I get why this is problematic in much of the US, but I don’t know why we can’t build data centres in northern Ontario and Quebec.
They use water for evaporative cooling in addition to closed loop systems.
I guess that makes sense but how much water does they actually use?
I get why this is problematic in much of the US, but I don’t know why we can’t build data centres in northern Ontario and Quebec.