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PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A new study from an ASU professor finds data centers aren\u2019t just powering the internet; they may be turning up the heat in nearby neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

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Researchers tracked temperatures around four large data centers in the East Valley and found communities downwind are a couple of degrees warmer than other neighbors.<\/p>\n

David Sailor, the lead researcher and director of ASU\u2019s School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, said in some neighborhoods downwind of these facilities, temperatures ran about one to two degrees Fahrenheit hotter than areas upwind. In the most extreme cases, temperatures were as much as four degrees hotter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many other challenges that we need to keep in mind as we design data centers,\u201d Sailor said.<\/p>\n

The added heat impacted homes about 500 yards away from the centers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur research is not focused on like halting the expansion of the data centers. Data centers are such an integral and vital sort of part of our economic engine,\u201d Sailor said.<\/p>\n

Neighbors living near the facilities said they haven\u2019t noticed extra heat, though they weren\u2019t surprised by the research findings.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI haven\u2019t noticed that to be honest with you,\u201d one neighbor said, \u201cIt probably does get hot you know what I mean I don\u2019t notice it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sailor said the temperature increase matters more than it might seem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to recognize that, even one or two degrees of air temperature elevation, it doesn\u2019t sound like a lot, but it can contribute to all sorts of things from basic thermal comfort to water use to air conditioning energies in the homes that are affected by that downwind warming,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sailor said the study should help cities explore strategies to counter the heat increase effect or plan where exactly they want these centers.<\/p>\n

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