Data Centers Reuse Waste Heat
Traditional ICT facilities consume as much energy cooling their gear as powering it the first place. One solution is to re-use the waste heat.
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French energy company Dalkia is helping develop a business park whose data center heat "will be transmitted via a heat exchanger to a new heating network that will eventually supply green energy to buildings with a surface area of 600,000 sq. m. (6,458,350 sq. ft.)." Dalkia projects that "More than 5,400 metric tons of CO2 emissions will be saved each year." The company is well positioned to continue this approach as it operates "887 district and local heating and cooling systems. " Some media outlets have focused on EuroDisney's ownership stake in the business park near its amusement park, but there appear to be no plans to use the heat from the former in the latter. |
Video courtesy Dalkia |
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