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They aren't closed systems, they ultimately cool by evaporating water to reject heat.



Yeah this. Cooling towers work by maximizing evaporation rare, transferring energy into the atmosphere via water molecules.

Other heat sink strategies could involve refrigeration systems, but those are significantly more energy intensive and a lot more complex.




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