Large city-scale heat pumps are pretty new technology - the currently largest build in Denmark is from 2023 [1]. Even if you have hot water available, it will t

Large city-scale heat pumps are pretty new technology - the currently largest build in Denmark is from 2023 [1]. Even if you have hot water available, it will take a city like Munich many MANY years [2]. Don't get me wrong: it's high time to switch heating and cooling to district systems, where producers of heat like datacenters can add to the supply. But it's at the same time not as easy and fast to switch a many-hundred-megawatt block to heat pumps as it is to switch a single building. [1] https://www.ingenieur.de/technik/fachbereiche/energie/fernwaerme-groesste-waermepumpe-der-welt-heizt-100-000-daenen-ein/ https://www.ingenieur.de/technik/fachbereiche/energie/fernwa... [2] https://www.swm.de/magazin/energie/geothermie https://www.swm.de/magazin/energie/geothermie