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I wish district heating was more of a thing in the US. Unlike a steelmill, A datacenter could go anywhere. so why not plant it in an urban neighborhood, heat u
by cogman10 3y ago
I wish district heating was more of a thing in the US.
Unlike a steelmill, A datacenter could go anywhere. so why not plant it in an urban neighborhood, heat up water, and pump the hot water around the neighborhood through a hot water network.
Any occupied space could be heated with hot water in the winter and could rely on the hot water for their hot water heating. The datacenter gets a lot cheaper cooling bill. It'd effectively be geothermal cooling on steroids.
- iNerdier 3y agoOne could also use is rurally to heat greenhouses for crops that need warmer climates. Apparently there is one company using their data centre to heat (a?) swimming pool in the UK however!