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'The government has all but forgotten that most data centres require water to cool their systems': Industry trade board warns UK government over data center thirst for resources
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Sunshine piefed.ca Sunshine@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-07
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Link: https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-government-has-all-but-forgotten-that-most-data-centres-require-water-to-cool-their-systems-industry-trade-board-warns-uk-government-over-data-center-thirst-for-resources
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PabloSexcrowbar piefed.social PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-22
#2 · Quote Reply

They don't require it. They choose to use it out of pure laziness.
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corsicanguppy lemmy.ca corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
#3 · Quote Reply
PabloSexcrowbar wrote:
They don't require it. They choose to use it out of pure laziness.

Absolutely this. I only came here to say this very thing; just, not as well.

Datacenters using water for cooling are a bit of a rarity outside the dotcoms, I think.
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Malyca lemmy.zip Malyca@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-04-13
#4 · Quote Reply

Some companies pay for closed loop and not evaporation because they're not cartoonishly evil.
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A_be_seedy beehaw.org A_be_seedy@beehaw.org
Joined: 2026-06-16
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corsicanguppy wrote:
Absolutely this. I only came here to say this very thing; just, not as well. Datacenters using water for cooling are a bit of a rarity outside the dotcoms, I think.

What do you mean outside the dotcoms?
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A_be_seedy beehaw.org A_be_seedy@beehaw.org
Joined: 2026-06-16
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Malyca wrote:
Some companies pay for closed loop and not evaporation because they're not cartoonishly evil.

Some companies call themselves closed loop and dump the water after use and refill the loop
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altphoto lemmy.today altphoto@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-04-14
#7 · Quote Reply

Maybe require them to build 2x the required desalination plants and give that extra to the public for free?
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Malyca lemmy.zip Malyca@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-04-13
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A_be_seedy wrote:
Some companies call themselves closed loop and dump the water after use and refill the loop

Oh that's dirty, don't know why I'm surprised
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