sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoData centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenixtechxplore.comexternal-linkmessage-square239linkfedilinkarrow-up1932arrow-down110cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1922arrow-down1external-linkData centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenixtechxplore.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square239linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squarenothingcorporate@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·3 months agoWho the fuck builds a data center in Phoenix?! Was the surface of the sun not available?
minus-squareEric@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·3 months agoThey don’t give a fuck about us. Phoenix likely gave tax breaks, energy deals etc
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoSeems hard to believe that those would outweigh the like 30 degree average temperature difference of building it some place like Glasgow Montana.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThe cooling water evaporates real nice in the desert tho
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI didn’t think about evaporative cooling for some reason, how much water will that use?
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoAccording to this, up to a few million gallons per day, though it could be worse now that they’re getting more power hungry And if you want liters, just multiply any amount by 3.7 or something, I don’t really remember, I don’t use gallons
Who the fuck builds a data center in Phoenix?! Was the surface of the sun not available?
They don’t give a fuck about us. Phoenix likely gave tax breaks, energy deals etc
Seems hard to believe that those would outweigh the like 30 degree average temperature difference of building it some place like Glasgow Montana.
The cooling water evaporates real nice in the desert tho
I didn’t think about evaporative cooling for some reason, how much water will that use?
According to this, up to a few million gallons per day, though it could be worse now that they’re getting more power hungry
And if you want liters, just multiply any amount by 3.7 or something, I don’t really remember, I don’t use gallons