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From the UK to US, Finland to Japan, Here is how Businesses are Supporting The Communities They Serve — and the Planet — by Re-allocating Waste Heat
Heat reuse boasts a multitude of benefits. For example, when rerouted, heat can be used to warm buildings which, in turn, reduces their dependency on other nearby sources — potentially fossil fuels.
Using waste heat from data centres, for example, has been trialled to heat public swimming pools in the UK for no cost. In 2023 green tech firm Deep Green pioneered this trend so pools could reduce heating costs and the amount of carbon they use. As many as 150 could now be in line for heat from computer data processing centres after a £200 million (US$253.2m) investment by Octopus Energy into Deep Green.
“This is no longer just about pools, however,” Deep Green’s CEO Mark Bjornsgaard explained. “We have received interest from a wide range of other potential partners who could make use of our free heat, such as district heating networks.
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