As AI data centres guzzle energy, can we harness their wasted heat?
- As the rapid growth of AI data centres compounds the world’s energy crisis, engineers in Denmark have found a way to make use of the vast amounts of “waste heat” generated by these centres, which is usually lost to the outside air.
- There are more than 12,500 data centres around the world and more are coming online every day, straining global energy infrastructure and resources.
- Beyond consuming hundreds of billions of litres of water, these systems not only place a massive demand on the global electrical grid, but are likely to be contributing to global warming on a massive scale as well.
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- As the rapid growth of AI data centres compounds the world’s energy crisis, engineers in Denmark have found a way to make use of the vast amounts of “waste heat” generated by these centres, which is usually lost to the outside air.
- There are more than 12,500 data centres around the world and more are coming online every day, straining global energy infrastructure and resources.
- Beyond consuming hundreds of billions of litres of water, these systems not only place a massive demand on the global electrical grid, but are likely to be contributing to global warming on a massive scale as well.
Sources: Al Jazeera