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County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’ (www.404media.co)
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Henrico County is a major hub for data centers in Virginia. Its officials said it expects a 25% rise in electricity costs next year, and advised workers to close the blinds and turn off their computers to make up for it.

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[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You mean cost more money. It's not like water is free but it is very cheap to use. But those other ways to cool it cost quite a bit more electricity and aren't nearly as efficient.

[–] Itizaj@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

That's what I meant, sorry, english is not my native language, but yes, water is the cheapest of all solutions