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Nordic data center developer atNorth has signed a deal to supply waste heat to a district heating network in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The company finalized an agreement with Vestforbrænding, Denmark’s largest waste-to-energy company, to supply excess heat from its DEN01 data center campus to Vestforbrænding’s district heating network.
“For many years, we have talked about surplus heat from data centers being part of the future," said Steen Neuchs Vedel, CEO of Vestforbrænding. "Now the future is here. With today’s contract signing, we are showing the way forward for how surplus heat from data centers can reach people’s homes. There has also been talk about sector coupling in the district heating sector – today we demonstrate how this can happen in practice, to the benefit of consumers."
According to the companies, the excess heat from the data center will be able to heat more than 8,000 homes in the local area, starting from 2028.
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