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I wonder if this tech could be applied to evaporative cooling systems for data centers in hot regions to capture the water that is otherwise lost.

I know many of the big data centers use a ton of water in areas that don’t exactly have water to spare.

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What hot regions use evap systems in data centers? Seems the humidity wouldn’t be worth it and once you dehumidify you might as well use an a/c in the first place.

Does a compressor use more energy than a dehumidifier? Seems like there might still be some savings by avoiding the compressor

I thought dehumidifiers contain compressors.

There you go then! In my head, I was envisioning a humidifier, so I guess that's not going to work at all.

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