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Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix (techxplore.com)
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[-] SirHaxalot@nord.pub 3 points 9 hours ago

Important context to the headline:

Temperatures downwind of data centers averaged 1.3 to 1.6 degrees F warmer than upwind temperatures and reached as high as 4 degrees F above upwind temperatures. The heat impact was detectable up to a third of a mile, or about five city blocks, distant from the perimeter of datacenters.

So it sounds like a very local effect, that is not measurable more than 1/3 miles from the datacenter. Doubt it will be noticeable at all in a climate as warm as Arizona

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

"see, it's barely noticeable. let's build like 5,000 more!"

[-] yakko@feddit.uk 3 points 6 hours ago

All the same... Name one town that does not need to be any hotter at all!

this post was submitted on 19 May 2026
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