Computer servers create loads of heat – which is normally just wasted. But a UK company has come up with a device to both cool down servers and heat up domestic boilers – as reported in today’s Mail:
Everyone is looking for a way to slash their heating bills amid soaring energy prices and the deepening cost-of-living crisis. Now, a British start-up has come up with a new way of doing so using a method that may seem a little bizarre to some — by fitting a computer server to a household’s hot water tank. Heata claims its shoebox-sized device could help Britons save around £150 a year on their energy bills, while small companies can also make use of the computer power available on the servers rather than them being in a large data centre.
As the computer gets hot, the tank takes waste heat away from it and uses this to warm water for showers, baths and washing up. Each unit can deliver up to 4.8kWh of hot water per day, the company says — approximately 80 per cent of the hot water required in an average UK household.
This is what the company has to say about its product and service:
heata | harnessing heat from cloud compute
And this is what a more sceptical techie community has to say: Heata Offers UK Residents Free Hot Water in Exchange for Cooling Its Servers | Tom’s Hardware