UK wants more homes heated by waste heat from datacenters
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The Register reported on a project back in 2023 that planned to connect 10,000 new homes in west London with nearby server farms to use their waste energy for heating. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); Given the glacial pace of progress on any UK project these days, the first question must be when this is likely to happen. There is currently no information on how much that potion of the project will cost.There is also the question of whether using the waste heat from datacenters is really that efficient.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The Register reported on a project back in 2023 that planned to connect 10,000 new homes in west London with nearby server farms to use their
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); Given the glacial pace of progress on any UK project these days, the first question must be when this is likely to happen.
- ▪There is currently no information on how much that potion of the project will cost.There is also the question of whether using the waste heat from datacenters is really that efficient.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); on-prem UK wants more homes heated by waste heat from datacenters Millions for building and improving bitbarn driven heat networks - including hot water pushed through tunnel under the Thames Dan Robinson Dan Robinson IT INFRASTRUCTURE REPORTER Published fri 25 Sep 2026 // 09:30 UTC READ MORE The more Americans hear about datacenters, the less they like them 1 day ago America is building datacenters faster than the grid can power them 9 days ago Datacenter developers want your backyard.
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