Servers to be Used for Water Heating in Dutch Homes
Published by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
To help keep cooling data centers costs down, Dutch startup Nerdalize is offering to use these heat-producing servers to heat up homes and make hot water, reports The Verge.
Smartphones, computers, and of course servers generate heat. Data centers consume millions in trying to keep things cool; otherwise, the very backbone of the information age will come crashing down.
Their proposition is this: instead of spending so much money on cooling solutions for servers, why not install servers in houses and use the heat they produce to warm up homes and showers?
Nerdalize has started a crowdfunding campaign and hopes to equip 42 Dutch homes with servers to heat up their water supply by August.
The company claims that the heating servers will save customer €300 (roughly P16,700) a year while companies will spend up to 50 percent less for data servers. These installations will also help lessen a home’s carbon footprint by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide it produces from traditional heating solutions.
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