Jason Parker (he/they) on Nostr: I've got an ignorant question. Data centers use water, presumably for cooling, I get ...
I've got an ignorant question. Data centers use water, presumably for cooling, I get that, but what is it that happens that uses the water and makes unusable or whatever?
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