Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoAs Data Centers Proliferate, Illinois Communities Grapple with How to Supply the Necessary Water. "This isn’t reused wastewater. This is drinking water”insideclimatenews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1295arrow-down11
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minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 month agoThe problem with using salt water isn’t salt buildup, it’s that it’s corrosive and will drastically shorten the lifespan of any equipment exposed to it.
minus-squareUniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoAlso, good luck sourcing salt water in Illinois.
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agothen don’t build anything in illinoisi
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoYou don’t pipe salt water through the data center. You have a heat exchanger that touches the salt water.
The problem with using salt water isn’t salt buildup, it’s that it’s corrosive and will drastically shorten the lifespan of any equipment exposed to it.
Also, good luck sourcing salt water in Illinois.
then don’t build anything in illinoisi
You don’t pipe salt water through the data center. You have a heat exchanger that touches the salt water.