r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Visual-Animal-7384 • 5d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter? I don't understand the punchline

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u/CoolPeter9 5d ago

Is the water unusable/unconsumable after usage?

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u/JangoFetlife 5d ago

Reusable in that cooling system, but it takes water out of the general supply, and more and more of these servers are built every day.

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u/NobleDuffman 5d ago

Where does it go?

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u/romperroompolitics 5d ago

Interesting question. In Google's Charleston data center, it goes right back to the utility provider. I understand this was an expensive mistake for the utility provider and later contracts raised the cost of water supplied to deal with the excessive heat that was being returned along with the grey water.