Data centers don’t just circulate water—they discharge it
djcows · x · 2026-08-04
A short but pointed correction about data-center cooling: the issue is not that cooling water just endlessly circulates, but that data centers effectively “spit out” the water instead of swallowing it.
The comment is about the real-world water burden behind AI infrastructure, especially how cooling systems consume and discharge water rather than simply reusing it forever.
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