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WAVE OF FUTURE Experts say the number of both heat-capture retrofits at existing data centres and new data centres that incorporate heatcapture systems will increase in the future . District heating , vertical farming , and industrial processes that require heat are some of the potential uses of that data-centre heat , they say .
Increasingly , they said , new data centres will be linked to adjacent businesses with a high demand for heat .
This frequently means that the quality or temperature of the heat recovered from the data centre cooling system is sufficient without the need to further boost it . These kinds of commercial arrangements will likely have more promise than serving institutional or municipal heat loads , such as district heating . Such a business partnership can provide a revenue source for the data centre that ’ s selling excess heat as well as help both parties reduce their carbon footprints . The challenge is getting them to line up from a real estate perspective .
ONE FACE OF DECARBONISATION Capturing and using waste heat is just one facet of the decarbonisation efforts HVAC manufacturers are making when it comes to data centres .
All decarbonisation efforts should start with energy efficiency . When approaching a data centre cooling and / or heat reuse opportunity , the focus is on solutions which optimise the efficiency and resulting decarbonisation . Leading suppliers ’ cooling solutions can be employed to trim energy consumption and water consumption alike , addressing the ‘ energy-water nexus ’ challenge that is one of the key paths to decarbonising large-scale data centres too . RACA
Article Source : ACHR News
" All decarbonisation efforts should start with energy efficiency ."
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