The Swansea Herald
Summary
A DISTRICT heating network in Swansea using heat from a large data storage centre is set to be explored in detail.
The data centre is one component of the £4 billion Blue Eden project, which proposes a battery manufacturing centre on land at Swansea docks, waterside homes, an oceanic and climate change research centre, and a Swansea Bay tidal lagoon. It is being driven by a company called DST Innovations.
Data centres are facilities which house computing and networking equipment. They generate a lot of heat and consume a lot of electricity, partly to keep the equipment cool. District heating networks send waste heat from industrial buildings along pipes to homes and businesses.
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