Each Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortageswww.tomshardware.comexternal-link Lee Duna ( @throws_lemy@lemmy.nz ) TechnologyEnglish • 1 year ago message-square105fedilinkarrow-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.com Lee Duna ( @throws_lemy@lemmy.nz ) TechnologyEnglish • 1 year ago message-square105fedilink
minus-square derbis ( @derbis@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink7•1 year agoEven if so, does evaporating cause it to exit the water cycle?
minus-square lechatron ( @lechatron@lemmy.today ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•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.