Why “evaporative” is being discussed
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I would imagine plenty of data centers use both? Last time I worked at one they had both industrial heat pumps and evaporative cooling towers outside. While the heat pumps are e…
by rizonio · Oct 5, 2026
Which uses more electricity, at peak cooling times, when wet-bulb would advantage an open evaporative system.
by enoint · Oct 5, 2026
I’d wager that dividing evaporative water by construction water reaches 5 orders of magnitude over its lifetime.
by enoint · Oct 5, 2026
It's very important to think about embodied energy and water in the construction project. Operating the datacenter will definitely use more water if the datacenter uses open loo…
by xnx · Oct 5, 2026
It’s gonna be location dependent, and all golf courses are definitely not that well sited or ecologically engineered. I’d say most probably are not. There are DCs that use grey…
by api · Oct 5, 2026
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