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A University of Maryland professor won a first-of-its-kind pitch competition for a new way to deal with heat generated by data centers.
Damena Agonafer developed his approach via the Vicinity Ideation Program, a partnership between Boston-based Vicinity Energy and the Maryland Energy Innovation Accelerator to spur new approaches to clean heating and urban decarbonization. At its culminating event on Friday, Agonafer took the top prize for his tech that captures waste heat from data centers and redirects it to warm local communities.
Vicinity Energy is a Boston-based energy company that provides heating and cooling in cities across the country. Though the competition did not carry a cash prize, Vicinity plans to keep collaborating with Agonafer as his research moves forward, CEO Kevin Hagerty said.
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