Google Cools Data Center With Bathroom Water 230
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from the flushing-cool dept.
from the flushing-cool dept.
judgecorp writes "Google is cooling its data center in Douglas County, Georgia, using 'recycled' water that has been through the bathtubs and toilets of the surrounding community. So called 'grey' water is perfectly adequate for the data center's cooling system which relies on evaporation (the wet T-shirt effect), says Google."
water from a toilet... (Score:5, Funny)
The wet t-shirt effect? (Score:5, Funny)
Well, that explains crappy search results. (Score:5, Funny)
(rimshot)
Re:Shit (Score:5, Funny)
Answer: They filtered to MSql databases.
Wet T-shirt effect (Score:5, Funny)
Apparently evaporation is the tendency for young women on spring break to get drunk and engage in civil disobedience of public indecency laws. Somehow, this is related to cooling.
Meh (Score:0, Funny)
What a shitty system.
Star Trek (Score:4, Funny)
Kirk: The cooling system to the warp drive is down again Scotty. How soon can you fix it?
Scotty: Ach Jim, I'm a warp drive engineer, not a plumber....
All together now.. (Score:5, Funny)
Pooping in the sink,
pooping in the sink,
I'm clogging up their coolers
'cause I'm pooping in the sink!
Re:The wet t-shirt effect? (Score:5, Funny)
I...I am not even sure what say to that...
Strange but true: If you use water blocks to cool a server, the cdrom eject button pokes out an extra 1/4 inch due to the cooling effect. Of course I haven't seen a new rackmount box with an internal cdrom in some years, so I guess this only applies to racks that are sagging with age (ugh)
Party time (Score:5, Funny)
Re:water from a toilet... (Score:5, Funny)
They're... what data centers crave!
Re:water from a toilet... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I Pee... (Score:2, Funny)
It's fine... (Score:4, Funny)
until the shit hits the fan...
Re:The wet t-shirt effect? (Score:5, Funny)
It's the juxtaposition of "water that has been through the bathrooms and toilets" and "wet T-shirt" that gives me a mental image I didn't need.
And yes, I'm sure there's a rule 34 for that too, and I do not want to know.
Re:The wet t-shirt effect? (Score:5, Funny)
I...I am not even sure what say to that...
"Show us your bits!"
Re:The wet t-shirt effect? (Score:5, Funny)
2 girls 1 datacentre?
Job opprotunity! (Score:4, Funny)
Facts don't matter. It's the feeling that matters.
I think you are perfect for a career opportunity with the TSA!!!