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> 1/2 of the energy we consume ends up as heat 100% of the energy used by a datacenter becomes heat.
by jeffbee 3y ago
> 1/2 of the energy we consume ends up as heat
100% of the energy used by a datacenter becomes heat.
- specialist 3y agoRight. Poor phrasing, sorry. I'm trying to say that waste heat could be used downstream, eg for heating homes or generating steam. Since heat is the end use of 1/2 of energy, this kind of conservation is low hanging fruit. IIRC, Google, Microsoft, others have already committed to pilot projects for capturing heat from their data centers. Transforming an expense into a revenue source. Woot.