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forkandwait on April 16, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Photo tour of Facebook’s new datacenter

Just a note: In the high desert, "evaporative cooling" (all those water jets, fans, and filters) are refered to as "swamp coolers". Much more poetic.

jpitz on April 16, 2011 [–]

Y'all should know that we good ol southern folk calls em that too.

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