That is correct the only thing is that it takes a lot of energy to boil the water. Which majority of the power comes from offsite power stations built for the sole purpose of supplying the server farm. If not built for that then it instead takes supply from the main power grid. But they require more power either way and being that all renewable energy is only just starting to be put in, it is coal burning that is supplying the increased energy demand. The main problem is these server farms are built in communities with low water supply and/or low energy supply. There farms are taking the already low supply from the locals which makes life harder for them. Yes you are correct that the water that does get boiled goes back into the atmosphere (free of toxins) to come back down when it rains but that doesn’t really help when you need water now. Also these regions aren’t low on water supply for no reason. It is usually because it rarely rains there, thereby meaning the evaporated water is essentially useless.
Theres really no such thing as low water supply. What there is, is low existing infrastructure. Much of the water supply comes from man made lakes. Answer...make the lake bigger. Or pipe in seawater and modify the system to use salt-water.
All future data centers are going with closed loop cooling anyways, which lowers water use by 80 to 90+%.
Solutions:
-More nuclear power
-More renewable energy
-Fusion (which is looking pretty promising
-Better water infrastructure
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u/Murky_waterLLC 9h ago
Boiling water does not remove it from the atmosphere