HVAC isn't dead after all... Honda uses (2) 450 ton chillers to cool themselves..

This is old news... Thermal Ice Storage is nothing new...But it was mentioned on Gizmodo, so it is noteworthy.

Ohio plant is cooled by ice- not cut out of the river but made by two big 450 ton chillers that work all night using cheap base-load power, which then chills the air all day as the ice melts. While the system cost more at the beginning, it should pay for itself in three years and last at least thirty.