Data centers make heat all year long—here’s how the ground can hold onto it until winter

October 7, 2026 · 10:00 am 3 sources

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• A Startup Has a Plan to Make Water From Air Using Data Centers’ Waste Heat
  WIRED · October 7, 2026 10:00
  Atoco’s new machines use specialized materials that can harvest water from some of the driest air on Earth without using electricity.
• Data centers make heat all year long – here’s how the ground can hold onto it until winter
  This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. · October 9, 2026 12:06
  Rocks deep underground can be used to hold heat until it’s needed.

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• Data centers make heat all year long—here's how the ground can hold onto it until winter
  Phys.org · October 9, 2026 15:40
  You have probably noticed it on a hot summer day: A basement feels cool even when the air outside is baking. The ground does not heat up and cool down as fast as the air does. A few hundred feet down, it stays close to the local yearly average all year, which can be around 50 degrees Fahrenheit…