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BY Tali Aaron : December 21

Underground Data Center to Help Heat Finland City

Uspenski At Night


In the chill of a massive cave beneath an orthodox Christian cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, a city power firm is preparing what it thinks will be the greenest data center on the planet. Excess heat from hundreds of computer servers to be located in the bedrock beneath Uspenski Cathedral, one of Helsinki's most popular tourist sites, will be captured and channeled into the district heating network, a system of water-heated pipes used to warm homes in the Finnish capital.

[Read more via CNet]

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  4. [...] the concept of using waste heat from data centers is not new, this is the first project to incorporate a closed loop system that only consumes 20 [...]

  5. Wayne Ericksen, P.E. on November 30, 2009 at 5:36 pm


    RT @buildaroo: Underground Data center to help heat Finland city! Pretty impressive! http://bit.ly/91nLUV

  6. Gareth Fletcher on November 30, 2009 at 2:31 pm


    well done-what a clever idea!! :) http://bit.ly/5XHmMn

  7. GreenModernKits on November 30, 2009 at 2:28 pm


    I adore Finland. This is 1 more reason why: RT @buildaroo Underground Data center is going to help heat a Finland city! http://bit.ly/91nLUV


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