Data centers use heat recycling to improve sustainability and share energy

eBay reclaims its own waste
eBay has taken a more in-house approach to utilizing waste heat. Datacenter Dynamics notes that the company's latest Utah data center, which is notably powered by natural gas, is also taking advantage of converted waste heat to minimize total energy costs. The heat waste is actually generated by the very natural gas plant that supplied the data center with its power, so the data center's entire process minimizes energy waste as much as possible. The company has also increased efficiency by taking advantage of data center modules. These out-of-the-box solutions are easily connected to data centers with the help of serial-to-ethernet solutions.

Finnish center warms the neighborhood
Finnish IT firm Academic has decided to leverage its energy waste in the favor of local homeowners. The Guardian explains that Academica's newest facility takes advantage of water cooling, and designed with a system that allows the excess heat generated by the company to be utilized by 500 nearby homes. The Finnish company has already incorporated cool water from the nearby Baltic sea into cooling efforts, and the addition of heat waste recycling helps make the company as efficient as possible.

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