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From: S. maltophilia	8/3/2025 4:15:59 PM
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....Most data centers use an evaporative cooling system, in which the servers’ heat is absorbed by water. The heat is then removed from the water through evaporation, causing the water to be lost as vapor in the air. The cooler water then goes back through the machines, and this loop is regularly topped off with fresh water. After all, evaporation renders the water saltier and unusable after four or five cycles. “Then they dump the water, and it goes down the sewer,” Mace said. This water loss is significant when, even after the devastating flooding earlier this month, nearly a quarter of the state remains in drought conditions. The Texas Water Development Board, the governor-appointed board in charge of drafting the State Water Plan every five years, will release their next plan in 2027. But according to Cook, data centers are not being taken into account when calculating projected state water use for the 2027 plan, and thus in... austinchronicle.com h/t Message 35213050

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