FEATURE
Jim Weynand , EVP , Business Development at GRC
centres have redirected captured heat towards greenhouses and farms . This initiative significantly reduces the carbon impact of local areas by supporting nearby agricultural efforts with reused heat .
It is worth noting that integrating with district heating systems presents unique challenges for traditional data centres .
Most significant heat reuse benefits
Powering auxiliary facility systems
Keep your servers cool and your staff warm .
By transferring excess to a heat exchanger , captured energy can warm office areas within a data centre . This process helps cut costs for additional heating systems and your facility staff won ’ t need blankets come winter time .
The savings don ’ t stop at radiators , either . Immersion cooling directly utilises captured heat to reduce the need for additional hot water heating and mechanical systems . It leverages excess data centre heat enabling them to offset historically high energy consumption , bringing the industry more in line with new regulations .
Redirecting to district heating systems
Providing free heating to district energy systems local to a data centre has become the industry ' s sustainable flagship for goodwill gestures . This process involves connecting data centres to external systems , distributing recycled heat to homes and businesses for hot water and heating .
Extending that green initiative further , there have been cases in which data
Air-based cooling systems can lose efficiency when transferring heat into water for local usage . This is a massive driver in the sector ' s push for liquid cooling adoption .
Deliver at any scale
Implementing heat reuse processes isn ’ t limited to hyperscale facilities , with operators at any level of the data centre chain able to make a difference with the server-generated heat .
Data closets – Every little helps . Using heat reuse can save on OpEx and the heat from small office server rooms can warm nearby areas incurring significant savings on heating .
Decentralised data centres – Smallscale data centres in densely populated areas are designed to reduce enduser latency . They boost your online experience and the heat produced can be transferred to adjacent buildings to warm them .
Private data centres – Data centres within organisations have much more flexibility with infrastructural changes www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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