Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 7 months agoEach Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortageswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square110arrow-up1200arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1200arrow-down1external-linkEach Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortageswww.tomshardware.comLee Duna to [email protected]English • 7 months agomessage-square110cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•7 months agoEven if so, does evaporating cause it to exit the water cycle?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•7 months ago These cooling systems remove and release all of the heat produced inside a data center – from servers, IT equipment, and mechanical infrastructure – into the outside environment, through a cooling tower that uses a water evaporation process. It goes outside and eventually becomes rain.
Even if so, does evaporating cause it to exit the water cycle?
It goes outside and eventually becomes rain.