An £80m green datacentre under construction in east London will use 9MW of surplus heat created by racks of servers to power residential and business properties in the surrounding area.

The 11-storey facility is being built by datacentre specialist Telehouse West and is due to open in March next year. As well as capturing waste heat for re-use, the site will also feature a solar array designed to provide the facility with 6,000kWh of power a year.

The decision to install the waste heat system was in part driven by strict regulations from the Greater London Authority (GLA) which stipulate that all new buildings of more than 1,000 square metres must generate 20 per cent of their electricity from renewables.

Source: Business Green

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