Deep Green is one of a growing number of tech firms seeking to create social value from the heat generated by data centre servers.
The self-funded British start-up does this by installing an edge cloud data centre in a local business and using ‘immersion cooling’ technology to capture and transfer heat from the servers into the business’s hot water system.
Deep Green says around 96% of the heat generated by one of its mini data centres can be recycled in this way. The first UK site to benefit from the technology is Exmouth Leisure Centre in Devon, which is using surplus heat captured from a 12-server Deep Green cloud data centre to cut its heated swimming pool’s gas requirements by 62%, saving over í20,000 a year and cutting carbon emissions by 25.8 tonnes.
It is not only swimming pools that can use this technology. Any organisation that has a consistent requirement for heat, such as a bakery, distillery, laundrette or block of flats, could use it to save money and reduce their reliance on carbon-intensive fossil fuel boilers.
Mark Bjornsgaard, CEO and Founder of Deep Green, said: “Data is critical to modern society and demand for data centres is growing exponentially. However, this comes at a cost. Current data centre infrastructure is inefficient, using a huge amount of energy and generating a vast amount of waste heat. “By moving data centres from industrial warehouses into the hearts of communities, our ‘digital boilers’ put waste heat to good use, saving local businesses thousands of pounds on energy bills and reducing their carbon footprint.”
In all, Deep Green says 30% of industrial and commercial heat needs could be met with its digital boiler technology.
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