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New Data Center Will Heat Homes In London
1sockchuck writes "The heat generated by thousands of servers at the new Telehouse West data center in London will soon be used to heat nearby houses and businesses. The Greater London Authority has approved a plan in which waste heat from the colocation facility will be used in a district heat network for the local Docklands community. The project is expected to produce up to nine megawatts of power for the local community."
So what happens to these people's heat source if the data center is shut down or becomes obsolete in the future? I would expect the homes to be around much longer than a data center might.
Seriously, though, what will they do with the excess heat in summer time?
Probably cut down on summer time instead of removing the excess heat.
I'm pretty sure the laptop i'm using right now could do a better job. Plus, I don't have to worry about my children's future.
I thought only in Soviet Russia that data center warms you?
If servers become X% more efficient, why the simple solution is add X% more servers.
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True. But the only alternative to computer heat in my apartment is in-wall heater.
Which means both are resistance heaters but one crunches numbers.
I'm an Aussie living in Melbourne so I get the joke. Occasionaly we get a news report of a London heat wave with a few days around 30degC, old people are dropping dead and young people are splashing around half naked in city fountains. It seem bizzare since a hot day here is 10-15degC hotter and we don't have dramas with old people until it gets around 40 or above.
A few years back I went on my first trip to the UK (at the end of July) we had a 3 day stop over in Hong Kong on the way. Hong Kong was as unbearable as Darwin is in the wet season, 30-35 deg, no breeze and near 100% humidity. As we were approaching London the pilot announced the temprature in London had just broken it's record maximum temp ( 32degC IIRC ). The wife and I snickered at each other...the english have no idea what hot is... We stopped snickering as soon we walked out of the airport and hit a wall of warm humid air that was exactly like Hong Kong or Darwin, the only weather difference between the three places was the pollution levels.
Of course the reason for the discomfort is high humidity from the massive ocean currents that bring warm water from the Gulf of Mexico.
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That would be interesting, if you had bothered to say what DP, Armonk, or Amdahl is.
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