Data center warming public children's pool saves the pool operators an estimated $24k annually

[thewayne]

The high-performance cluster server is submerged in a pool of mineral oil - a very effective way to cool systems - and a heat-exchanger transfers the heat into the children's pool! The pool still has a boiler in case it gets too low, but overall it will save a lot of money.

The company behind the install is trying to create more installations like this to recover waste heat - this pool installation claims to recover 97%(!) of its waste heat - rather than just venting it into the air and causing more climate disruption.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/free-data-center-heat-is-allegedly-saving-a-struggling-public-pool-24k-a-year/

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/23/03/17/2037217/free-data-center-heat-is-allegedly-saving-a-struggling-public-pool-24k-a-year

Comments

[armiphlage]

Good idea!

[thewayne]

I thought it was quite clever.