Comment on What's the deal with AI datacenters using water for cooling?

JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I spoke with our CEO, Mr. Dip Shit, and he said we can’t afford filters…

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• GenosseFlosse@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because you cannot dump infinite amounts of heated water into a river, it will kill the species living downstream.

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  • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Could they not evaporate river water, instead of using drinking water?

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    • GenosseFlosse@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is most likely more expensive, because you need 2 water cycles. One with a clean cooling liquid that carries the heat from the CPUs to a heat Transfer/cooling block, and then another system that passes river water over the cooling block. You cannot just use the river water directly because of all the sediment and other elements in untreated water that may clog or corrode your pipes.

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• CannedYeet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Google already uses so called “grey water” to cool their data centers.

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  • JiveTurkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe some do but the Google datacenter where I live are using potable water.

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