Sustainability Magazine
Summary
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, UK, looks set to allow data centres to be built on parts of London's green belt, land that has been protected from development since the Second World War.
Heat recovery has become a growing part of the conversation around data centre sustainability.
The computers inside data centres produce large amounts of heat, which is why constant cooling is required.
The idea of heat recovery systems make use of this thermal energy, directing it to heat nearby buildings rather than allowing it to go to waste.
Data centres already act as the engine of district heating networks in some cities, and companies such as Veolia have invested large sums in London's district heating systems.
New data centres built on the green belt could add to that existing capacity.
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