Data Centre Excess Heat being used to heat a swimming pool
Anyone who has ever been inside a server room, let alone a data centre knows how much heat is generated by computers doing their stuff…what a great way of putting two problems together and creating an optimal solution.
This is a great news story – using the excess heat from one economic activity to energy-subsidise a social good.
Engineers – more like this please!
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