Green data centre recycles waste heat

computerworlduk.com (Dec 1 2009) Power and Cooling

1. Helsinki public energy company Helsingin Energia will recycle heat from a new data centre to help generate energy and deliver hot water for the Finnish capital city. The recycled heat from the data centre, being built by IT and telecom services company Academica, could add about 1 percent to the total energy generated by Helsingin Energia's system in the summer, according to Juha Sipilä, project manager at Helsingin Energia. "What's important is that we use the resources we have efficiently, and don't waste energy," said Sipilä, who sees this project as a way to prove the technology works and pave the way for use on a larger scale. The data center is located in an old bomb shelter and is connected to Helsingin Energia's district heating system, which works by pumping boiling water through a system of pipes to households in Helsinki. (Read Full Article)

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