Endeavour and Trevi Systems claim a technology that turns SI data center heat into up to 750,000 liters of fresh water a day per megawatt
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Data centers are trying to turn from consumers of water into a source of it; for now this is a claim by the companies.
According to the companies' October 22 press release, Endeavour (maker of the ThermalWorks closed-loop waterless cooling system) and Trevi Systems (forward-osmosis desalination) are combining their technologies: heat taken from servers drives desalination, and by their estimate the setup can produce up to 200,000 gallons (about 750,000 liters) of water a day from brackish groundwater for every megawatt of computing capacity, or about 50,000 gallons per megawatt from oilfield produced water. According to the companies, the brine is concentrated to solid salts, meaning no liquid discharge. Endeavour will first deploy the systems at its own data centers in the US, then plans to scale up with operators and hyperscalers. The figures come from the companies.
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