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Google Cools Data Center With Bathroom Water 230

Posted by samzenpus
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."
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  • Good. (Score:0, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 19, 2012 @08:58AM (#39401963)

    If I lived in Douglas County, I'd be spending a weekend researching on what chemicals to flush to destroy this system.

  • Re:Shit (Score:1, Interesting)

    by busyqth (2566075) on Monday March 19, 2012 @10:09AM (#39402545)
    That's what I thought too, but when I asked the plumber to install two separate wastewater systems in my house he looked at me funny and insisted that they would both end up in the same sanitary sewer as he wasn't allowed to connect either to the storm sewer.

    I told him I didn't care, and I don't mind spending the extra money, so now my shower water is separate from my toilet water all the way up until they exit my house.

One good reason why computers can do more work than people is that they never have to stop and answer the phone.

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