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data center engineer here! incorrect
Then regulations should be put in place to ban that practice. There is no good excuse to not be on a closed loop system.
We live in capitalism, comrade. The fact that it costs money to make it a closed loop system is the best possible excuse not to
But that costs $ and Microsoft doesn’t make money by spending it when they absolutely don’t have to.
That's right! They're better off spending it on lobbying so they end up getting more money!
Companies have up to a 1000-1 ROI on lobbying.
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It’s foolish not to buy what’s on sale.
yes true
Genuine question -- how does it "use" that water? Isn't it primarily utilized for plain old water cooling, where in mind it just evaporates at worst?
I think they mainly use evaporative cooling systems. Industrial sites often have closed loop cooling systems for equipment and large cooling towers to control the air temperature in large buildings. It probably depends on geographic location. Evaporative cooling is much more effective in areas with low humidity.