Data centers make heat all year long – here’s how the ground can hold onto it until winter
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- Phys.org Science·13h agoData centers make heat all year long—here's how the ground can hold onto it until winter
You have probably noticed it on a hot summer day: A basement feels cool even when the air outside is baking. The ground does not heat up and cool down as fast as the air does. A few hundred feet down, it stays close to the local yearly average all year, which can be around 50…
Read at Phys.org Science → - The Conversation US·16h agoData centers make heat all year long – here’s how the ground can hold onto it until winter
A drilling rig bores a well for a geothermal heating and cooling system. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images You have probably noticed it on a hot summer day: A basement feels cool even when the air outside is baking. The ground does not heat up and cool down as…
Read at The Conversation US →
