For her problem, it sounds more like her pump is sitting too low in the well.
In general though, data centers should all be banned from using evaporative cooling. Yeah it can be cheaper, but it causes too many issues when you start using it at scale.
Well sounds like something the local government should be regulating instead of you know… Providing endless state aid for these developments. Local plebs forgo tax revenue, their eletric bill spikes to subsidize electric for these parasites, water is poluted.
The local government sees $$$ (or gets out-and-out bribed) and so they sign off on it. After all, why should they care if some plebeians have their electric bill go up?
To be fair, several local governments have shot these down. One in Arizona just voted 7-0 to not let one in. But they’re so sneaky and so free with money a lot of governments just let them slide in without residents even knowing.
For her problem, it sounds more like her pump is sitting too low in the well.
In general though, data centers should all be banned from using evaporative cooling. Yeah it can be cheaper, but it causes too many issues when you start using it at scale.
What’s the issue with it?
It uses up fresh water
What’s the other option?
Recycling the cooling water in a closed system. Which they totally can do, and works as well if not better, but it costs more money to set up, y’see.
Well sounds like something the local government should be regulating instead of you know… Providing endless state aid for these developments. Local plebs forgo tax revenue, their eletric bill spikes to subsidize electric for these parasites, water is poluted.
With a government like this who needs enemies
The local government sees $$$ (or gets out-and-out bribed) and so they sign off on it. After all, why should they care if some plebeians have their electric bill go up?
To be fair, several local governments have shot these down. One in Arizona just voted 7-0 to not let one in. But they’re so sneaky and so free with money a lot of governments just let them slide in without residents even knowing.