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Codema and Equinix will look at new ways to reuse waste data centre heat for vital public infrastructure.
Dublin energy agency Codema is partnering with data centre provider Equinix on a project exploring the reuse of waste data centre heat in the Blanchardstown area of Dublin.
California-headquartered Equinix has four data centres in west Dublin. Its work with Codema will see the two organisations look into ways that waste heat from these data centres can be used to support facilities in the local area, which include a hospital, university and an aquatics centre.
Codema works with Dublin’s local authorities with the aim of accelerating the region’s net-zero transition through innovative, local-level energy and climate research, engagement and projects. Last year, it announced a €1.2m project to test mass-scale retrofitting of buildings in the capital.
Donna Gartland, CEO of Codema, summed up its mission as leading “the low-carbon transition in Dublin”.
“We have enough waste and renewable heat available in Dublin to completely move all buildings away from fossil fuel heating, and working with progressive and ambitious industry stakeholders like Equinix enables us to bring these district heating projects to reality,” she added.
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