Warm water is the waste product because it’s easier dump the water than to cool the water. Returning the warm water to a usable state is much more expensive at scale.
Someone from the city in question commented that the water goes for the water treatment plan. So it sounds like this is incorrect.
Also, dumping hot water is known to be bad for the environment. This is why nuclear plants have cooling towers. Microsoft isn’t going to be stupid enough to just dump it, at least I hope not.
you might be right but some numbers might back up your claim. I doubt that servers could heat water as much as a nuclear reactor. datacenter coolers certainly don’t have to pressurize the water to prevent it from boiling, it doesn’t get that hot.
Warm water is the waste product because it’s easier dump the water than to cool the water. Returning the warm water to a usable state is much more expensive at scale.
Someone from the city in question commented that the water goes for the water treatment plan. So it sounds like this is incorrect.
Also, dumping hot water is known to be bad for the environment. This is why nuclear plants have cooling towers. Microsoft isn’t going to be stupid enough to just dump it, at least I hope not.
you might be right but some numbers might back up your claim. I doubt that servers could heat water as much as a nuclear reactor. datacenter coolers certainly don’t have to pressurize the water to prevent it from boiling, it doesn’t get that hot.