Re: WSJ: Big tech firms seeking power

[Jeff Shultz <jeffshultz () wvi com>]

David Lesher wrote:
> Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
> > > I wonder just how much power it takes to cool 450,000 servers.
> .....
> > KwH = $111,000 /month in cooling.
>
> I don't know the area; but gather it's hydro territory?
>
> How about water-source heat pumps? It's lots easier to cool
> 25C air into say 10-15C water than into 30C outside air.
>
> Open loop water source systems do have their issues [algae, etc]
> but can save a lot of power....

The Dalles, OR is on the Columbia River just upriver of Portland by 80 
miles or so. It has a large dam spanning what used to be Celilo Falls in 
it's front yard.

Hydro territory doesn't even begin to define it... :-)

"Eco-freak" territory also doesn't begin to define it, so the idea of 
piping water off the Columbia and returning it even 1/2 degree warmer is 
a non-starter.

I'm amazed they let them put up tall cooling towers in "the historic, 
scenic Columbia River Gorge...." (sorry, old political battle flashback)