Giant Data Center to Heat London Homes

greenercomputing.com (Dec 8 2009) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

1. An £80m (US $130.3 million) green data center under construction in east London will use 9 megawatts (MW) of surplus heat created by racks of servers to power residential and business properties in the surrounding area. The nine-story facility is being built by data center specialist Telehouse West and is due to open in March next year. As well as capturing waste heat for re-use, the site will also feature a solar array designed to provide the facility with 6,000 kWh of power a year. (Read Full Article)

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