Attempts to warm the heated pool using the waste heat of the data center are underway, saving millions of yen annually
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How to handle waste heat from data centers has been a long-standing issue, and Microsoft has devised a system that cools servers by installing them in the sea , and also uses waste heat from distributed cloud services to heat homes. Startups also exist. Also, in 2022, Microsoft announced a plan to use waste heat from a data center to be built in Finland for residential heating .
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Whether or not the waste heat from the data center can be used efficiently depends on the physical distance from the facility that uses the waste heat. To do. To solve this problem, Deep Green, a startup that provides computing resources to machine learning and AI-related companies, installs a data center in a heated pool facility and uses waste heat as a heat source for the pool. offers.
The 28 kW unit that runs Deep Green's high performance computing (HPC) cluster is about the size of a washing machine, and the waste heat of the server is captured by the mineral oil that fills the surroundings and heats the pool through a heat exchanger. At the same time, the system also helps Deep Green reduce cooling costs, as waste heat can be channeled into a pool to cool the servers.
Exmouth Leisure Center in Devon , England, where Deep Green's system was installed, receives waste heat from the data center for free and uses it to heat the heated pool, and Deep Green also pays for the electricity used by the data center. increase. According to Deep Green, about 96% of the energy used by computers is transferred as waste heat, reducing pool gas usage by as much as 62%.
By partnering with Deep Green, Exmouth Leisure Center can reduce carbon usage by 25.8 tons per year and save 20,000 pounds (about 3.2 million yen) per year in heating costs. Sean Day, manager of Exmouth Leisure Center, pointed out that fuel costs in 2023 are expected to rise by 100,000 pounds (about 16 million yen) due to recent fuel cost hikes. 'Partnering with Deep Green has helped us reduce costs astronomically over the past 12 months,' he said.
“We built a small data center in the Exmouth Leisure Center,” said Mark Bjornsgaard, CEO of Deep Green. “Most data centers waste computer-generated heat, but we capture waste heat. and provide them free of charge to heat the pool.” “This is great for Exmouth Leisure Center as it reduces the cost of heating the pool and reduces carbon usage. It's also good for us because we can provide computing services at a lower cost.'
Soaring fuel costs have hit many pools, and in England , about 400 pools have been closed since 2010 alone. The existence of pools and fitness centers promotes people's health and reduces the medical expenses borne by the government, so it is also beneficial for the government to operate public pools in a more sustainable manner.
Deep Green planned to install data centers in 7 pools by 2023, but many pools have already been interested in Deep Green's system and have made inquiries, and the goal is '20 pools by 2023. Upgrading the pool' was revised upward. ``Deep Green could be an absolute game changer for us,'' said Jane Nickerson, CEO of Swim England, a public institution on swimming.
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