England Adopts Novel Approach To Cooling Servers

A public swimming pool in Devon, England, is killing two birds with one stone, defraying the costs of heating the pool while serving as a cooling station for some of the most high-tech computer equipment.  “UK company Deep Green has had a clever idea in which it proposes using data centres to heat water,” reported Hypertext. “The company offers up hot water heated by its gear for free. The catch is that you need to host Deep Green’s gear. It covers the cost of electricity for its so-called digital boilers up front and property owners end up paying nothing. This solution can … Continue reading England Adopts Novel Approach To Cooling Servers