cooling tower
noun
: a structure over which circulated water is trickled to reduce its temperature by partial evaporation
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Some of the green features mentioned include the reuse of greywater for cooling towers, the use of local and recycled materials, and a focus on natural light and solar shading.
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Adam Williams
july 18, New Atlas, 18 July 2025
The enormous cooling towers and evaporation ponds were marginally more interesting — all that recycled water, baking in the Sonoran Desert.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Some research estimates that generating a typical e-mail using A.I. consumes a bottle’s worth of water to siphon heat away from the data centers’ servers to separate cooling towers.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
The bacteria can grow in water droplets from showers, hot tubs, faucets, cooling towers, misters, and decorative fountains.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
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Adam Williams
july 18, New Atlas, 18 July 2025
The enormous cooling towers and evaporation ponds were marginally more interesting — all that recycled water, baking in the Sonoran Desert.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Some research estimates that generating a typical e-mail using A.I. consumes a bottle’s worth of water to siphon heat away from the data centers’ servers to separate cooling towers.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
The bacteria can grow in water droplets from showers, hot tubs, faucets, cooling towers, misters, and decorative fountains.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Cooling tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooling%20tower. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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