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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix

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Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

Waste heat from data centers can boost air temperatures in downwind neighborhoods by as much as 4 degrees Fahrenheit, researchers at Arizona State University report in a new study conducted in the Phoenix metro area, the hottest in the U.S.

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Power is more expensive than water. So they use evaporative cooling in an arid climate.

As a bonus, solar should be plentiful there so the price they end up paying for electricity from the grid might be cheaper too?

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