These folks just published a real study measuring the local temp impacts of data centers: about +1.8°F (max 4°F) in neighborhoods up to a third of a mile nearby. Much smaller than the other draft paper, but in neighborhoods, need to mitigate waste heat. asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/sustainableb...
Abstract. Data centers are among the fastest-growing sources of concentrated anthropogenic heat in urban environments. Despite heat flux densities that exceed peak solar irradiance by a factor of 2–6,...
