[jcheng]

According to the article this is a closed loop cooling system, once it’s up and running it doesn’t use any water. They run water through it during installation and that’s the discharge that they found bacteria in.

[jazzyjackson]

You can have a “closed loop system” but you need to shed heat somewhere and that is either by air cooling drawing tons of electricity, or evaporation that draws tons of water.

[techbro92]

I’m pretty sure that “closed loop” in this context would mean that the water is recirculated and not evaporated.

[wiml]

From the links in the article, it looks like this DC runs giant heat exchangers to dump the heat to air.

[nomel]

> air cooling drawing tons of electricity

Reference? What's the efficiency of the systems like used here?

[quickthrowman]

Air cooled chillers are generally used in a closed loop system. A coefficient of performance (COP) of 4 is reasonable to expect, which means 1 watt of electricity to remove 4 watts of heat.

[jatora]

I could vibe code 1:6