Lee Duna ( throws_lemy@lemmy.nz ) to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years agoEach Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortageswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up1202
arrow-up1202external-linkEach Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortageswww.tomshardware.comLee Duna ( throws_lemy@lemmy.nz ) to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square105linkfedilink
minus-squarederbis ( derbis@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years agoEven if so, does evaporating cause it to exit the water cycle?
minus-squarelechatron ( lechatron@lemmy.today ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 years 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.