News sources are noticing that the UK has adopted innovative methods to sustainably heat commercial swimming pool. One method in particular is getting a lot of attention. This innovative technique involves installing mini-data centers that are about the size of laundry machines underneath swimming pools. This sustainable initiative, which has been successfully implemented in Devon County aims to revolutionize the pool heating process and address expensive technical challenges that data centers and swimming pools face.
The partnership between data centers and pools addresses the expensive technical challenges that both parties face. Data centers struggle to cool their hardware because the majority of electricity used by computers is released as heat. In the UK, many commercial pools are closed because of the high energy costs.
Mark Bjornsgaard explains this practical Collaboration. “We view supply and demand as being two sides of the one coin.”
Bjornsgaard claims that 97 percent (!) of the electricity used by computers is converted to heat. Data centers are notorious for using too much energy and water to cool. Microsoft has experimented submerging their servers in liquid baths or even underwater to combat this problem and reduce resource usage.
Deep Green’s innovative approach involves submerging its hardware in mineral oils within a compact box the size of a washing machine. The mineral oil captures the heat generated by the computers and redirects it to the pool. The Devon pool can maintain a temperature around 86 degrees 60 percent of time with this setup.
This data center reduces the pool’s dependence on a boiler. Deep Green claims that the data center has reduced the pool’s consumption of gas by 62 percent. The data center is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from gas use by 26 metric tonnes annually.
This sustainable technology can also save you a lot of money. Exmouth Leisure Centre, in Devon, where one of Deep Green’s mini data centres is located, initially predicted that its energy costs would soar this year by $120,000. The data center will save approximately $24,000 on that bill.
Deep Green will cover all costs related to equipment, installation, electricity, and maintenance. The company makes money by allowing clients to use the computing power on its servers for machine-learning and AI applications. Deep Green also saves money by diverting heat from cooling systems to pools.
Featured photo: Mark Bjornsgaard, CEO of Deep Green
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