Helsinki is turning the heat from a data centre into warmth for 28,000 apartments; up to 90% of its waste heat is recovered
- Image Credit: Helen(City of Helsinki)Helsinki is finding a practical use for the enormous amounts of heat produced by the equipment running inside data centres.
- Through a collaboration between Finnish energy company Helen and telecommunications company Telia, waste heat from Telia’s Pitäjänmäki data centre is being fed into the city’s district heating network.
- The system is expanding as the data centre grows, with plans for the recovered heat to eventually meet the heating needs of up to 28,000 apartments.
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- Image Credit: Helen(City of Helsinki)Helsinki is finding a practical use for the enormous amounts of heat produced by the equipment running inside data centres.
- Through a collaboration between Finnish energy company Helen and telecommunications company Telia, waste heat from Telia’s Pitäjänmäki data centre is being fed into the city’s district heating network.
- The system is expanding as the data centre grows, with plans for the recovered heat to eventually meet the heating needs of up to 28,000 apartments.
Sources: Times of India