alt Hacker NewsDatacenter waste heat even a problem? I only ever heard of nuclear power plants waste heat being a problem when the cooling water is dumped directly into rivers (instead of the ocean).
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thinkingtoilet • today at 12:21 PM
Yes. The hot water the datacenters dump destroys local ecosystems.
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In the most nuclear country, France, power plants can't rise the river temperature by too much legally and yes it is an issue in summer with less water flowing.