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Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix (techxplore.com)
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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Seems hard to believe that those would outweigh the like 30 degree average temperature difference of building it some place like Glasgow Montana.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The cooling water evaporates real nice in the desert tho

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

I didn't think about evaporative cooling for some reason, how much water will that use?