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The MTA is looking for ways to cool steamy subway platforms by potentially tapping into geothermal technologies, records reveal.

The transit agency last week issued a request for information to gather insights into whether systems dug beneath the earth could someday be used to combat heat and humidity in sauna-like stations. The Sept. 18 request specifically seeks information on ways to cool the No. 1 line’s cavernous 168th and 181st street stations, two of the deepest in Upper Manhattan.

“It’s sweaty, it’s bad, it’s rough,” said Cain Yankou, 23, who

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