Lee Duna to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year agoEach Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortageswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1195arrow-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 Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square110fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square@derbis@beehaw.orglinkfedilink7•1 year agoEven if so, does evaporating cause it to exit the water cycle?
minus-square@lechatron@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year 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.