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http://www.cio.com/archive/010107/tl_water.html

IBM will license its technology for cooling servers with water instead of air to Panduit, a global networking and electrical manufacturer, hoping to encourage adoption of IBM energy-saving techniques for data centers.

Water cooling has been talked about for sometime, and I know there have been the usual concerns, waters and computer not mixing, but just a quick question, in the London area we frequently have water shortages, and water globally is not in plentiful supply, I question using this resource in a corporate and social responsibility angle. Does my water supply adoption reduce the amount of water for people to drink, to shower with? Though I could be wrong, it could be THE next way of cooling my datacenter…

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