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The Fjord-Cooled Data Center

Posted by samzenpus on from the norwegian-blue dept.

1sockchuck writes "A new data center project in Norway plans to use a fjord-powered cooling system, drawing cold water from an adjacent fjord to cool data halls. The fjord provides a ready supply of water at 8 degrees C (46 degrees F), eliminating the need for an energy-hungry chiller. The Green Mountain Data Center joins a small but growing number of data centers are slashing their cooling costs by using the environment as their chiller, tapping nearby lakes, wells and even the Baltic Sea."

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  1. Re:Queue the screams of hysteria by Rei · · Score: 1, Troll

    Fjörd != Ocean
    Fjörd == Connected to Ocean
    Connected to Ocean != Deep ocean
    Fjörd == Heatflow bottleneck
    Return environmental_study.

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