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   On Tue 19-Aug-2025  8:33a, Rob Mccart@1:2320/105.0 said to Mike Powell:   
      
   RM> If I recall this was more about water usage than electricity use but   
   RM> suggestied that less data stored on servers would reduce the amount   
   RM> of water needed to cool them. I'd think a big part of the water part   
   RM> of it would depend on if coolant is recycled or just dumped with new   
   RM> water coming in to replace it, and where that water is coming from.   
   RM> Pretty much anything could be used but I suppose if the servers are   
   RM> in a city then it's a huge waste of clean, processed, drinking water.   
      
   In the case of water usage, electricity generation and water go hand in hand.    
   As water is used for either steam for the turbines, or for cooling.  Leaking   
   pipes or evaperation in the cooling ponds will result in a net loss.  So more   
   power = more heat = more water used.   
      
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