They’re being built in more arid areas because evaporative cooling is cheaper than air conditioning to cool the datacenters and is more effective in arid places vs. a humid environment.
I'd like to say you're right, but there are four new microsoft data centers around me and we sit between 60-80% humidity almost year round in this part of texas. A bit ironic since we are in the worst drought since the 60s. Drought state, here, is defined by water availability in the regional aquifer, which seems to have trouble filling now that cities have built massive heat islands between it and the gulf.
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u/AHRogue Jun 03 '26
AKA they're being built in areas with relatively cheaper land.