With the assistance of a 100-foot extension cord, some adapters, and one of the kids, I can now have both a PC *and* an air conditioner running in my office.
Somewhat important when you need to do remote work through the afternoon and the sun on your south-facing windows and your GPU exhaust regularly send the temps over 95F / 35C.
...of course it is quite loud, so I'll still need to turn it off during meetings.
I wonder why water routed cooling isn't a thing. I mean, we have central air conditioning which uses huge ducts to route air, because air is not very dense. It takes a lot of airflow to provide cooling. But the ducts themselves are often running through a hot attic, so it's an insulation nightmare.
Instead, we could route water through narrow hoses, so the noisy A/C unit could be outside and all that's in your room is a heat exchanger and fan.
They have those (well, sort of, it's not water in the pipes - it's refrigerant; cooling water as an intermediate step would kill efficiency) already. They're called "mini-splits" - one outdoor compressor powers multiple indoor units - and are increasingly popular these days.
Next time we need to do AC replacement, we'll probably be getting one here.
@cerebrate @Dandelion
I'm aware that using water would be a little less efficient, but the advantage is that you can use unremarkable water hoses/pipes and the internal components can be simple heat exchangers.
So, the expensive part is all in one unit and less expensive to install, maintain, and replace. The water hoses and room units can be inexpensive and easy to DIY maintain and replace. It's ordinary plumbing.