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New Data Center Will Heat Homes In London

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-click-heating dept.

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."

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  1. Great idea by notarockstar1979 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's how we used to heat the offices neighboring our server room (and I'm sure many many people did it before I did). Glad to see them using it on a larger scale to save a bit of dosh.

  2. call me an idealist, but by waveformwafflehouse · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I smell a new routing protocol that redirects traffic to the cold parts of the world

  3. Re:What happens if the Data Center shuts down? by crafty.munchkin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That, and my laptop is currently acting as a rather nice heater for my lap.

    I hope you don't wind up with a cyst developing in your testicle like I did... and that was only 2 hrs a day on the train using a laptop for 3 months. Admittedly this laptop was a piece of shit that should never have been released with the name laptop, and it got so hot i often would have to shut the bastard down half way through the train ride home as it was going to burn my legs. HTH, HAND.

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    ... wait, what?