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Distributed data centre heating homes (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by scholar@lemmy.world to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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Data centres that supply domestic heating aren't new, but I've never seen a distributed model like this before.

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[–] xChaos@f.cz 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

@scholar yes, we do this. For warm water, it mak sense, heating - not so much, because you have excess heat during summer. And it is extremely tricky to sync supply and demand. You need stable long term housing contracts...

[–] scholar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I did wonder about excess heat

[–] xChaos@f.cz 2 points 1 month ago

@scholar silent external fancoil. 25 dB for 10 kW. Ubelievable...

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