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As AI, cloud usage and digital services continue to drive demand for data centres, much of the conversation to date has centred on one issue, electricity. While these facilities are often viewed as major energy consumers, they also produce something of increasing value to the UK’s net zero ambitions, heat.
Countries such as Denmark and Sweden have shown what is possible when energy infrastructure is planned holistically. There, industrial waste heat, including that from data centres, is routinely captured and fed into extensive district heating networks that serve entire communities. The difference is not simply technology. These countries have invested in district heating infrastructure for decades, supported by long-term policy certainty and coordinated planning.
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