2026-07-04 02:07 UTC
The #ReflectingPool is an awful evaporation pool though if they actually try to misuse it like that. The water isn't deep enough to circulate well, it's a trash magnet, it's difficult to clean, constant sun, & is perfect for growing algae or bacteria, the bane of data center water based cooling systems. The hot water #dataCenters produce is also perfect for some algae & bacteria, clogging chillers with dreaded "data center sludge". Declogging requires shutdowns while systems are flushed.
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@ArthurZork@mstdn.party 2026-07-04 02:23
#DataCenter evaporation pools deal with the same issues as #Trump is running into with the #ReflectingPool, but they were designed to mitigate some of these problems usually redundantly. Have a backup pool so when 1 gets gross enough to need cleaned you can still run at 50% capacity on the other. They also use chemicals in data center cooling water to prevent bacterial growth, but the chemicals don't cool as well as straight water & are dangerous to discharge.