Evaporative cooling is growing in demand as cooling needs are expanding. Everything from data centers that make the cloud function to bitcoin mining operations throw off massive amounts of heat. At the same time, business owners are paying more attention to their companies’ carbon footprints, which also makes this a more popular option.
Evaporative cooling works just the way it sounds. Liquid warms to the point of evaporation and removes heat. It’s the same principle the human body uses to cool itself. Because evaporative cooling uses the already-present conditions, it reduces energy costs for these operations, said Adam Radford, global project manager at Evapco. It also allows these operations to reduce both their carbon footprints and their actual physical footprints.