Data centre heat could warm more than 3.5 million UK homes

Heat from data centres could warm over 3.5 million UK homes, according to new research - Energy Sustainability Solutions

According to analysis from EnergiRaven and Viegand Maagøe, projected growth in data centres will produce enough waste heat to warm millions of homes in the UK by 2035 – if the infrastructure is in place to take advantage of it. The UK risks missing out on a major source of low-cost home heating if it fails to invest in the Heat Highways needed to capture waste heat from the next generation of data centres. New analysis shows that these facilitie…

Waste heat from UK data centres could heat 3.5m+ homes

Waste heat from the UK’s latest crop of data centres could be used to heat at least 3.5 million homes by 2035, according to new research that argues the country risks letting a major low-carbon heat source go unused without investment in heat network infrastructure. The analysis, produced by heat mapping organisation EnergiRaven in partnership with Danish energy and sustainability consultancy Viegand Maagøe, links projected growth in data centre…

Data centre heat could warm more than 3.5 million UK homes

Analysis from EnergiRaven and Viegand Maagøe finds that projected growth in data centres will produce enough waste heat to warm millions of homes in the UK by 2035. The findings, which would only come if the infrastructure is in place to take advantage of it, shows the UK risks missing out on low-cost home heating without capturing the heat source. With many existing or proposed data centres situated close to planned new towns, or existing heat …