Can someone explain why the data center use the water then expulse it as vapor instead of like recycling/ expulsing it as water?
I get it that data center (hot) + water (cold) = vapor/steam but there could be a post processing to turn the steam to normal water but maybe that need regulation for that and it is a cost. Is that the only reason? Cost?
Where would they dump the heat that the condensing water releases? If they had a good end point for the heat, they wouldn’t have to use the atmosphere for it in the first place.
My father in law lives in Provence, he doesn’t need heat more than three months a year. I wonder jf you could use it to drive electricity turbines instead? You won’t get all the energy you put into the chips back, but would it be enough for it to be worthwhile?
Water has a heat capacity that is 4 times more than air by weight. Water is far more dense at nearly a cubic meter per kg. Roughly 3500-4000 times more air by mass is required to perform the same cooling as evaporated water
Can someone explain why the data center use the water then expulse it as vapor instead of like recycling/ expulsing it as water? I get it that data center (hot) + water (cold) = vapor/steam but there could be a post processing to turn the steam to normal water but maybe that need regulation for that and it is a cost. Is that the only reason? Cost?
Where would they dump the heat that the condensing water releases? If they had a good end point for the heat, they wouldn’t have to use the atmosphere for it in the first place.
Central heating for industries and homes requiring heat or warm water.
My father in law lives in Provence, he doesn’t need heat more than three months a year. I wonder jf you could use it to drive electricity turbines instead? You won’t get all the energy you put into the chips back, but would it be enough for it to be worthwhile?
He doesn’t use warm water for showers or only showers 3 times per year? That’s hardcore.
Air. It’s what a radiator does.
Water has a heat capacity that is 4 times more than air by weight. Water is far more dense at nearly a cubic meter per kg. Roughly 3500-4000 times more air by mass is required to perform the same cooling as evaporated water
I think warm showers are quite common throughout the year, even in france.
River? Sea? They could release hot water with udon? 😝