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Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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Dylan16807 posted:

Desalination is cheap enough to let datacenters buy unlimited water. 450,000 gallons can be produced for less than $2000.

It all comes down to proper supply management.

Edit: $1 can buy 1 ton of desalinated water, which can absorb the heat from 600 kWh of power.

Cool. Now you've got that much salt + a bunch of other minerals, and discharging that back into the nearby ocean will drastically raise the salinity of the area to the point where you're killing off a lotta marine life that can't handle it.

Desalination is not a magic infinite source of water it's got use cases and trade offs and things you need to think about.

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Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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Milo and POTUS posted:

Jesus, that's terrifying from the ground up, then they blindside you with an australian accent

I didn't have the sound on and I'm imaging someone going "ey oval office looks like your ticker's gone all wozza"

Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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Someone explain who that is I need some laughter in my life

Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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drat, 14,000 euros for a folding rack, that place really is going to poo poo.

Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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I think it's also "if we aren't announcing dumping vast sums of money into the latest trend our shareholders will get upset"

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