Tech
How Finland uses waste heat from data centres
By combining power-hungry computer processing equipment with district heating systems, Finland is trying to limit the negative impact on the environment.
5/14/2025
When Finnish engineer Ari Kurvi takes a hot shower in his flat or turns up the thermostat, he uses the waste heat from a 75-megawatt data centre five kilometres away. While the data centre's servers process terabytes of digital information to enable video calls, navigation systems and web searches, an ingenious system of pipes and pumps collects…
