Big HVAC sells giant towels (fill) with fans blowing on them in a steel enclosure, they’re called evaporative cooling towers.
https://h2ocooling.com/cooling-tower-fill/
Evaporative cooling works a lot better if you reject the heat outside of the conditioned space, like outside for example. That’s why there are commercial and industrial pre-packaged cooling towers that are widely available, vs a paper towel and box fan.
https://baltimoreaircoil.com/products/cooling-towers
https://www.evapco.com/products/cooling-towers-factory-assem...