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How does district energy technology work and what can it do for data centers?

District energy, in its simplest form, involves a central plant or plants that produce, capture or recover thermal energy as steam, hot water and chilled water which is then distributed to connected customer buildings through an underground piping network for heating, cooling and air-conditioning or processes.  A “district” can be the central business district of a city, or a large mixed-use development, college or university campus, airport, hospital, military base or even a research or industrial campus for a pharmaceutical or tech corporation.  Systems range in size from a small cluster of a few buildings to thousands of buildings virtually covering entire cities. 

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