← Back to context Comment by adastra22 3 hours ago The water isn’t actually used. It is slightly warmed. 3 comments adastra22 Reply LaurensBER 3 hours ago In some cases chemicals are added to the water to increase cooling efficiency.This is a choice, alternative approaches do exist but we should definitely not assume that datacenter water usage is _always_ benign. shadowgovt 2 hours ago In the Nebraska system, the water goes into the municipal waste channels and is treated like any other municipal wastewater, so the chemical additives are handled. stogot 12 minutes ago what does handled mean?
LaurensBER 3 hours ago In some cases chemicals are added to the water to increase cooling efficiency.This is a choice, alternative approaches do exist but we should definitely not assume that datacenter water usage is _always_ benign. shadowgovt 2 hours ago In the Nebraska system, the water goes into the municipal waste channels and is treated like any other municipal wastewater, so the chemical additives are handled. stogot 12 minutes ago what does handled mean?
shadowgovt 2 hours ago In the Nebraska system, the water goes into the municipal waste channels and is treated like any other municipal wastewater, so the chemical additives are handled. stogot 12 minutes ago what does handled mean?
In some cases chemicals are added to the water to increase cooling efficiency.
This is a choice, alternative approaches do exist but we should definitely not assume that datacenter water usage is _always_ benign.
In the Nebraska system, the water goes into the municipal waste channels and is treated like any other municipal wastewater, so the chemical additives are handled.
what does handled mean?