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from the hence-the-local-steam-baths dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 09, @18:31 (The Internet) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/09/2217242
[0]miller60 writes "As data centers get larger, they are getting thirstier as well. A large server farm can use up to 360,000 gallons of
water a day in its cooling systems, a trend that has data center operators looking at ways to [1]reduce their water use and impact on
local water utilities. Google says two of its data centers now are "water self-sufficient." The company has built a [2]water treatment plant at its new facility in Belgium, allowing the data center to rely on water from a nearby industrial canal. Microsoft chose San Antonio for a huge data center so it could use the local utility's recycled water ('gray water') service for the 8 million gallons it will use each month."
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0. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/
1. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/04/09/data-centers-move-to-cut-water-waste/
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPjZvFuUKN8
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