This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Monday, 15 January 2024
Going Swimmingly?
Large computer systems, processing data, generate substantial amounts of waste heat. The green tech firm, Deep Green, has conducted a year-long trial in Exmouth (Devon). It confirmed that the waste heat from computer data processing centres, could be used to help heat the local public swimming pool. It has now received a £200m investment from Octopus Energy. It's hoped to expand Deep Green's process to up to 150 swimming pools across the UK. This would cut these pool's energy bills and might help stop them permanently closing (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/15/energy-innovation-could-heat-150-uk-swimming-pools-after-200m-investment). The waste heat from computer data processing centres could, of course, also be directed to other uses such as district heating networks. Massive amounts of waste heat are generated by the servers, used for Artificial Intelligence processing. Is this also going to be effectively deployed in beneficial ways?
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