How data centres are helping to keep public leisure centres open
UK
The ongoing energy crisis has threatened countless sectors , businesses , and institutions , including the UK ’ s public swimming pools .
But , in a pioneering cost-management solution , the waste heat from small data centres is being used to heat the pools – for free .
The initiative has been trialled in Devon by Mark Bjornsgaard , CEO of Deep Green .
“ It ’ s great for them – they get to reduce the cost of heating the pool and reduce the amount of carbon they use , and good for us as we can offer cheaper computer services because we don ’ t have the cooling costs ,” commented Bjornsgaard , speaking on BBC Radio 4 .
Thanks to the overwhelming success of the trial , as many as 20 UK pools may be upgraded to integrate the solution this year .
datacentremagazine . com 15