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Commission hears report on data-center visit; staff raises reuse of wastewater for cooling
Summary
A site visit to a Hammond data center prompted discussion of air-cooled designs, backup power and security, and potential options to treat and supply treatment-plant effluent as data-center cooling water, which would affect plant capacity and require side-stream treatment.
Jerry summarized a recent site visit to a data center in Hammond, describing an air-cooled facility that uses minimal on-site staff and has robust security and backup-generation arrangements. He said the center he visited had “parking for maybe 20 cars” and only a handful of visible staff on site.
Jerry said that particular site does not use large volumes of lake water for cooling and is air cooled, but noted that some data centers pursue reuse of municipal…
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