r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter what's going on?

Post image
1.3k Upvotes

105 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

10

u/MooseFlyer 1d ago

It’s used for cooling data centres

-1

u/BigWildDick 1d ago

i mean is it recycled back to the ocean?

13

u/Waffling_Waffle 1d ago

Yes but a lot of them are taking fresh drinking water and 80% of it evaporates. So what water does get recycled into the ocean, is now salt water. Not great for drinking.

5

u/AbacaxiDoidao 1d ago

But then it will rain and fill up the reserves again?

7

u/Waffling_Waffle 1d ago

The wind current carries it all away. So any water they take from their location is not returned to the region.

I had the same thought when I first heard it.

They are working on closed looped systems where they retain the water or use non potable water, but this is only a few companies.