Plans for Dutch datacenter to warm thousands of homes
(2022/04/22)
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Dutch datacenter firm Bytesnet is using expertise from computer maker Boston Ltd to recycle heat from its facility in the Groningen district of the Netherlands that could be used to heat thousands of homes.
The two companies said they are working together to provide long-term reliable, affordable, and sustainable heat solutions in the Groningen district as part of Bytesnet's commitment to WarmteStad, a green energy supplier in the area.
According to [1]Bytesnet , high-performance compute (HPC) workloads necessitate high-power density racks, and the equipment must be kept cool to ensure it stays within the temperature envelope that ensures optimum performance of the hardware.
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The solution being deployed at its new Groningen datacenter will therefore take advantage of the residual heat that is released from the servers and IT equipment, relying on expertise from [3]Boston . The two firms estimate that this will provide enough energy to heat over 10,000 homes and businesses.
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Boston said that the IT infrastructure comprises Supermicro server nodes combined with large-scale DDN storage systems interconnected by Mellanox networking. The software layer uses [6]vScaler , an HPC platform based on OpenStack that adds monitoring, management, job-scheduling and message-passing, and can automate processes to reduce administration overhead and lower costs for Bytesnet.
On the all-important cooling side, this is provided by technology from Asperitas, specifically its [7]AIC24 solution for 21" servers. This fully immerses the server mainboards in a dielectric fluid that uses convection-driven circulation to transport the heat away and keep the systems cool.
[8]Google tests battery backups, aims to ditch emergency datacenter diesel
[9]Immersion-cooled colo is coming to Ohio... via a crypto-mining datacenter
[10]Colocation firm Cyxtera may put itself up for sale
[11]NTT finds partner to help accelerate datacenter builds in Europe, North America
"This approach, designed by Boston, allows us to achieve unparalleled performance in energy efficiency and realise considerable savings in our up-front and operational costs – all whilst providing a higher quality of service to the greater demands of data-driven organisations," said Bytesnet managing director Jan-Joris van Dijk.
Meanwhile, The Register reported this week that a [12]datacenter being built in Ohio will reportedly be the first in the US to deploy two-phase immersion cooling.
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Putting the waste heat from IT infrastructure inside datacenters to good use also appears to be a trend judging by some recent announcements.
Microsoft unveiled a partnership with Finland's largest energy company for a new [14]datacenter near Helsinki that will heat homes as it cools servers by moving waste datacenter heat via existing water pipes to homes and businesses in the surrounding cities of Espoo and Kauniainen.
In Korea, Tomorrow Water is looking to [15]colocate datacenters with sewage treatment plants so that heated water from the datacenter can be used to boost waste water processing, after which some of the treated water gets fed back to the datacenter for cooling purposes.
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If that wasn't weird enough, a datacenter in Hokkaido in Japan is [17]using snow to cool its IT infrastructure then taking the resultant meltwater, now heated to 33°C (91.4°F), and using it to cultivate eels. White Data Center (WDC) plans to market the adult fish as "the first eel cultured in Hokkaido," and an annual shipment target of 300,000 eels has apparently been set for 2023. ®
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[17] https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14568865
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The two companies said they are working together to provide long-term reliable, affordable, and sustainable heat solutions in the Groningen district as part of Bytesnet's commitment to WarmteStad, a green energy supplier in the area.
According to [1]Bytesnet , high-performance compute (HPC) workloads necessitate high-power density racks, and the equipment must be kept cool to ensure it stays within the temperature envelope that ensures optimum performance of the hardware.
[2]
The solution being deployed at its new Groningen datacenter will therefore take advantage of the residual heat that is released from the servers and IT equipment, relying on expertise from [3]Boston . The two firms estimate that this will provide enough energy to heat over 10,000 homes and businesses.
[4]
[5]
Boston said that the IT infrastructure comprises Supermicro server nodes combined with large-scale DDN storage systems interconnected by Mellanox networking. The software layer uses [6]vScaler , an HPC platform based on OpenStack that adds monitoring, management, job-scheduling and message-passing, and can automate processes to reduce administration overhead and lower costs for Bytesnet.
On the all-important cooling side, this is provided by technology from Asperitas, specifically its [7]AIC24 solution for 21" servers. This fully immerses the server mainboards in a dielectric fluid that uses convection-driven circulation to transport the heat away and keep the systems cool.
[8]Google tests battery backups, aims to ditch emergency datacenter diesel
[9]Immersion-cooled colo is coming to Ohio... via a crypto-mining datacenter
[10]Colocation firm Cyxtera may put itself up for sale
[11]NTT finds partner to help accelerate datacenter builds in Europe, North America
"This approach, designed by Boston, allows us to achieve unparalleled performance in energy efficiency and realise considerable savings in our up-front and operational costs – all whilst providing a higher quality of service to the greater demands of data-driven organisations," said Bytesnet managing director Jan-Joris van Dijk.
Meanwhile, The Register reported this week that a [12]datacenter being built in Ohio will reportedly be the first in the US to deploy two-phase immersion cooling.
[13]
Putting the waste heat from IT infrastructure inside datacenters to good use also appears to be a trend judging by some recent announcements.
Microsoft unveiled a partnership with Finland's largest energy company for a new [14]datacenter near Helsinki that will heat homes as it cools servers by moving waste datacenter heat via existing water pipes to homes and businesses in the surrounding cities of Espoo and Kauniainen.
In Korea, Tomorrow Water is looking to [15]colocate datacenters with sewage treatment plants so that heated water from the datacenter can be used to boost waste water processing, after which some of the treated water gets fed back to the datacenter for cooling purposes.
[16]
If that wasn't weird enough, a datacenter in Hokkaido in Japan is [17]using snow to cool its IT infrastructure then taking the resultant meltwater, now heated to 33°C (91.4°F), and using it to cultivate eels. White Data Center (WDC) plans to market the adult fish as "the first eel cultured in Hokkaido," and an annual shipment target of 300,000 eels has apparently been set for 2023. ®
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[7] https://www.asperitas.com/immersion-cooling-solutions/aic24-21-inch-ready/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/21/google_on_the_road_to/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/19/immersioncooled_colocation_ohio/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/07/cyxtera_sale_report/
[11] https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/04/ntt_data_centres_macquarie_deal/
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In the 80's I visited Industrial Light & Magic to help setup a data collection system for them (it was a very fun and educational visit) and the policy there kept the offices nice and warm. Everyone was forbidden to turn off their PCs when they went home because all the special effects processing was running in the background of every system. You could walk into a lovely warm office every morning.
spold
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heated water from the datacenter can be used to boost waste water processing, after which some of the treated water gets fed back to the datacenter for cooling purposes.
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...so when the treatment part breaks down I have sewage in my servers.
Using waste heat
Red Ted
The British Sugar plant at Wissington in Norfolk uses its waste heat to warm green houses.
Originally they grew tomatoes, but these days apparently they grow [1]cannabis !
[1] http://growninengland.co.uk/giw_grower/cornerways-nursery/
spold
I guess it only works in cold weather
I cannot resist...
Commswonk
From the article: ...a datacenter in Hokkaido in Japan is using snow to cool its IT infrastructure then taking the resultant meltwater, now heated to 33°C (91.4°F), and using it to cultivate eels.
Time to update a certain phrasebook:
My data centre is full of eels.
Hell, I've been doing this for the last few weeks.
The heating oil tank for my house ran out, and I'm too stubborn to buy more at over double it's usual price (thanks, Putin). My HP ProLiant DL385 G7 has been keeping my office nice and warm instead, once I turn on Folding@Home. Might as well put that electricity to good use if I'm heating my home with it anyway.