Nobel Prize Winner Omar Yaghi Buoys Startup Atoco Creating Water From Air

This article is about atmospheric water harvesting. What might be the negative consequences of this technology when applied at large scale? Drier air, weather effects etc.

Maybe sometimes don't mix science and business?

By the way, the comparison with a data center water consumption (see below) is most likely ridiculous, because many data centers probably use a closed system for water.

"... Atoco plans to demonstrate a prototype capable of producing 200 liters (53 gallons) of water a day this quarter. The commercial version will be the size of a shipping container and can generate 1,000 liters of water daily. (A typical data center consumes 2 million liters a day.) ..."

Nobel Prize Win Buoys Irvine Startup Creating Water From Air - Bloomberg "A startup founded by a Nobel laureate is targeting data centers in water-stressed regions as customers for its technology."

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