Data centers seek sustainable solutions to rising water consumption

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[Zangettsu_ZA]

In Africa we have water and electricity scarcity so basically all Data Centers we design is a combination of closed loop chilled water circuit with free-cooling capable chillers as well as active free-cooling systems inside the Data Halls. In short, if it is cold enough outside, the outside air is used to cool the Data Halls by using only fan power (to move the air). This way the design has a net-zero water consumption rate with the only water being used to fill up the chilled water system and the upside is that this method decreases the facilities' PUEs quite a bit making them more efficient.

[berneyvonk]

When I retired from a mainframe computer center in 2005, we had been running for several years without water for cooling. I don’t know how many servers we had, but it could have easily been over 100. How come computer centers are now using water again?

[jensschmidt]

They will cut us from water before shutting down one server. Beautiful future

[otbjh]

Water consumption is an issue for the nuclear power industry, especially in arid regions. What is their solution ?

[Old-School-Bassin]

It’s a clear solution, build the things in the desert like everyone else is! 👎

[CGT]

Data centers need to do better and go to wastewater free or ideally water positive...

[sabvrao]

The last sentence edited off ….is it 2035/38/39? Very bad editing ..