Using waste heat from data centers in different climate zones

Piotr Leon Narloch , Łukasz Rosicki

Abstract

The article analyzes in which climatic zones the use of waste heat from data centers as a source of urban district heating would be the most efficient. The assessment methodology was based on a comparison of heat energy generated by servers with the demand for heating power in different climate zones. The analyzes carried out showed that the most appropriate climate zones for reusing waste heat from data centers are subpolar oceanic climate, colcold dessert climate and cold semi-arid climate.