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Could someone explain to me how these data centers use up water? Like is it evaporating? What happens to the water? I get the water consumption is very high but is the problem we're removing it from places that don't refill or does into the environment mean it's wastewater? Please someone help me understand.
They use evaporative cooling in the name of being "green". Saves a lot of energy, but at the cost of water use.
Doesnt this mean the water will come back when it rains? Its not being polluted and rendered unusable is it?
It'll come down, but probably over the ocean. Way out to sea, it rains buckets.