University data center will use waste heat for greenhouse warming |
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| 12/21/2009 7:05:04 AM | |
The private university of Notre Dame have decided to use waste heat from some of its servers for providing a warm environment for a collection of conservatories and indoor botanical gardens located in South Bend, Indiana. According to a report from Clean Technica, Notre Dame's containerized data center, built in a standard shipping container, will be positioned next to the South Bend Conservatory and provide hot, arid climate for cacti and other desert plants in northern Indiana, which has cold, snowy winters and gets a lowest recorded temperature of -18°F for the month of December. The partnership will save Notre Dame $100K in data cooling costs and the city will save about $70K in heating bills for the conservatory and reducing its costs to $0, which is crucial for the South Bend Conservatory, which was threatened with closure in late 2006 due to budget concerns. The heating costs had been scrapped entirely from the city's 2010 budget, so this idea will be a lifeline for the conservatory. The project might be able to save it from shutting down for good. It is the latest example of data center waste heat being put to good use. Earlier this month, the WHIR reported on an Orthodox church in Helsinki, Finland that will be housing a computer room that will generate enough heat to warm 500 single-family houses. The re-purposing of data center waste energy has also been experimented with other companies also. As part of its billion-dollar Project Big Green initiative, IBM launched a Zurich, Switzerland, facility, which makes use of the waste heat to warm up a public swimming pool for local residents. This is the conservation of energy and using it in a better way. Tag Clouds: hosting provider, web hosting provider, website hosting provider, web hosting, Free Web Hosting, Unlimited Web Hosting, Reseller Web Hosting, VPS Web Hosting, free website templates, Web Hosting news, Web hosting FAQ, Web Hosting Tutorials, Web Hosting Glossary, SEO TOOLS |
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