Comment Comment by cogman10 Depends on the cooling system, but around 1 to 9L per kwh. [1]A lot, but not all, of these datacenters are using evaporative cooling, which is what kicks their water usage so high.So a 40MW datacenter will consume around 4 million liters of water per day if it is evaporatively cooled.[1] https://www.fwpcoa.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=859275... parent cogman10 2 months ago
A lot, but not all, of these datacenters are using evaporative cooling, which is what kicks their water usage so high.
So a 40MW datacenter will consume around 4 million liters of water per day if it is evaporatively cooled.
[1] https://www.fwpcoa.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=859275...