Waste heat from data centers can boost air temperatures in downwind neighborhoods by as much as 4 degrees Fahrenheit, researchers at Arizona State University report in a new study conducted in the Phoenix metro area, the hottest in the U.S.
Temperatures downwind of data centers averaged 1.3 to 1.6 degrees F warmer than upwind temperatures and reached as high as 4 degrees F above upwind temperatures. The heat impact was detectable up to a third of a mile, or about five city blocks, distant from the perimeter of datacenters.
So it sounds like a very local effect, that is not measurable more than 1/3 miles from the datacenter. Doubt it will be noticeable at all in a climate as warm as Arizona
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So it sounds like a very local effect, that is not measurable more than 1/3 miles from the datacenter. Doubt it will be noticeable at all in a climate as warm as Arizona
“see, it’s barely noticeable. let’s build like 5,000 more!”
All the same… Name one town that does not need to be any hotter at all!